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 Luther F. Davis (ASN: 1309122), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Busigny, France, 9 October 1918. While commanding a platoon Sergeant Davis repeatedly volunteered and went forward to draw fire from enemy machine gun, thereby locating the positions of the machine-gun posts and facilitating their destruction.