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 Roy Musser Sauers (ASN: 2193727), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 314th Field Signal Battalion, 89th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Tailly, France, 4 November 1918. Sergeant Sauers was in charge of a wire laying detail between Tailly and Beauclair. Over a road swept by heavy shell fire, he carried the line forward and in constant repair, to the support of battalion of the 355th Infantry.