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 Corporal Leroy F. Marshall (ASN: 155281), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 1st Engineers, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Verdun, France, 9 October 1918. Corporal Marshall voluntarily went forward to silence a sniper who was pouring a dangerous fire into his position. He crept through brush for a distance of 300 yards and then crossed a machine-gun swept area, killing the sniper with his rifle.