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 Sergeant Millard Smith (ASN: 40475), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Beaumont, France, 8 November 1918. During an advance of his company, terrific machine-gun fire was encountered, the enemy being strongly entrenched in a ravine. With a patrol of ten men, Sergeant Smith attacked the position, but lost several of his men in the first encounter. “With the remaining few he continued and silenced the fire of the enemy.