The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Sergeant Robert Lyttleton Hunter (ASN: 1283790), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Verdun, France, 24 October 1918. Disregarding his own danger and encouraging his men by word and action, Sergeant Hunter led his platoon in an attack upon a machine-gun nest and was instantly killed. His men, inspired by his heroism, continued the attack and captured the machine-gun nest.