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 Greene Willis Strother, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Vieville, France, 12 September 1918. Although on duty with the regimental chaplain, Corporal Strother requested and was granted permission to accompany the first wave. Aided by a fellow soldier, he successfully accomplished the capture of 14 prisoners and their machine guns.