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 Private Oliver P. Marquis (ASN: 1569378), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 165th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Sedan, France, 7 November 1918. Private Marquis was a member of a patrol sent out to silence machine-gun nests, which were holding up the battalion’s advance. When the officer leading the patrol fell mortally wounded, this soldier attempted to go to the officer’s assistance despite heavy fire from machine guns only 100 yards away, and was himself killed.