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 Lyle Howard Small (ASN: 2853942), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Vilcey, France, 12 September 1918. Corporal Small, with another soldier, volunteered to outflank an enemy machine-gun nest, and, under most harassing fire, captured the gun and 11 prisoners.