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 First Class Willard Hartsough Marshall (ASN: 156328), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 2d Engineers, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Villemontry, France, 10 November 1918. While in charge of a section of engineers constructing a footbridge across the Meuse river, the enemy opened fire when the bridge was partly finished, breaking it in two. With remarkable bravery, while under intense enemy machine-gun and artillery fire, Sergeant Marshall continued to direct the construction and completed the bridge, which enabled the infantry to cross.