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 Captain (Infantry), [then Lieutenant] Robert G. Marshall, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near the Bois-du-Fays, France, 4 October 1918. When his company’s advance was stopped by heavy enfilading machine-gun fire, Captain Marshall took seven soldiers and rushed the enemy nest, killing six of the enemy and capturing 30 including a captain. Captain Marshall accomplished this daring feat without any of his own men becoming casualties.