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 John B. Hutto (ASN: 98617), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 167th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Beuvardes, France, 29 July 1918. Sergeant Hutto voluntarily left his 37 MM gun section, which was attached to the reserve battalion, in order to accompany another section into action against the enemy machine-gun nests which were sweeping our lines with heavy fire. When his platoon commander was wounded shortly afterward, he, with another soldier, made his way under heavy shell and machine-gun fire to where the officer lay and after administering first-aid, carried him to a place of safety.