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 Smith Fuller (ASN: 1240056), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Courmont, France, 30 July 1918. After the enemy had been driven back from his position, and the new line was being organized by the 1st battalion, a gap occurred on the right, toward which the enemy made a determined counterattack. Sergeant Fuller, with utter disregard of his own personal danger and on his own initiative, assumed command of a platoon and rushed it into the gap in the line, where under severe enemy artillery and machine-gun fire it was able successfully to repulse the enemy and break up the counterattack.