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 John Jacib Poillon (ASN: 1783996), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 311th Machine-Gun Battalion, 79th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Montfaucon, France, 29 September 1918. Although engaged as company clerk, when the platoon to which he was attached was required to advance over a heavily shelled territory, Corporal Poillon volunteered and carried messages from his company commander to the platoon, the journey being made under the most hazardous conditions and under severest shell fire.