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 Marion C. Tucker (ASN: 1911289), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 328th Infantry Regiment, 82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Sommerance, France, 12 October 1918. While being carried unconscious to a dressing station, after having been wounded, Sergeant Tucker regained consciousness, arose from the stretcher and rejoined his company, Shortly after a gas shell exploded in a dugout where he and other men were taking cover. Although badly gassed, he again refused evacuation, remaining on duty with the company until it was relieved 16 days later.