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 Augustin Martinez (ASN: 2846993), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 356th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Pouilly, France, November 10 – 11, 1918. Corporal Martinez accompanied Lieutenant Murphy and three other soldiers in a flank attack on three heavy machine guns. Fired on directly at 30 yards they charged the guns, met hand to hand resistance, but repulsed the enemy, capturing the guns. Corporal Martinez followed the fleeing Germans until they were lost in the fog.