The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Medical Corps) Samuel James Marks, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 314th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 79th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Malancourt, France, September 27 – 29, 1918. Lieutenant Marks advanced with the foremost elements of his battalion, dressing and evacuating the wounded under machine-gun fire for the period of twelve hours. On September 29th, when his aid station was shelled, several patients and attendants being killed and wounded, this officer, though himself wounded, remained at his post caring for patients who had received fresh wounds, and assisted in their evacuation.