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 Marquis Lake Dillard (ASN: 2178369), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 354th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Barricourt, France, 1 November 1918. While leading a patrol in advance of our lines, Sergeant Dillard was subjected to intense machine gun and minenwerfer fire. With marked courage, he successfully led his men in a charge, first upon the machine gun, and then upon the minenwerfer, capturing both gun and the crews.