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 Private James R. Miller (ASN: 1291111), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 112th Machine-Gun Battalion, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Cote-de-Roches, France, 8 October 1918. When the advance of the battalion to which his company was attached, was halted by heavy machine-gun fire this soldier boldly leaped to the top of his machine-gun replacement to draw the enemy fire and thus enable his crew to locate the enemy’s emplacement. Later in the action he fearlessly left his trench in search of an enemy sniper, who was causing many casualties among our troops, and killed him with a captured German rifle.