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 Allen J. Marshall (ASN: 2262896), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Machine-Gun Company, 363d Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Spitaals-Bosschen, Belgium, 31 October 1918. Although suffering acute pain from a severe injury. Sergeant Marshall led his section through a continuous rain of machine-gun and sniper fire, beyond the infantry front line, where he encountered the enemy.