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 Mood Amberson Randall (ASN: 1319329), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Catillon, France, 19 October 1918. When the advance was held up by enemy machine-gun fire, Sergeant Randall volunteered and led his platoon, which consisted of only eight men, under heavy enemy fire, in a successful attack on a machine-gun nest outflanking and putting same out of action, thereby enabling his company to continue advancing.