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 William Butler (ASN: 104464), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 369th Infantry Regiment, 93d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Maison-de-Champagne, France, 18 August 1918. Sergeant Butler broke up a German raiding party which had succeeded in entering our trenches and capturing some of our men. With an automatic rifle he killed four of the raiding party and captured or put to flight the remainder of the invaders.