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 Oscar Obia Taylor (ASN: 1875665), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 318th Machine-Gun Battalion, 81st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Ville-en-Woevre, France, 9 November 1918. Displaying inspiring courage, Sergeant Taylor led his section through three heavy artillery barrages and directed the mounting of his guns on positions which he had personally reconnoitered, under heavy machine-gun re. At a critical juncture, when the infantry was held up by enemy fire, he successfully led the nearest infantry combat group forward in the assault, under cover of fire from his own guns.