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 Private First Class Marion Francis Study (ASN: 2154036), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Molain, France, 17 October 1918. With another soldier Private First Class Study volunteered to go out across an open space swept by heavy machine-gun fire, about 150 yards to the front, to rescue two wounded soldiers, whom he helped to bring back to the line.