The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Sergeant James Masters Tillery (ASN: 1306513), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Machine-Gun Company, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Montbrehain, France, 8 October 1918. On 8 October near Montbrehain, although wounded, Sergeant Tillery took charge of a platoon whose leader had become a casualty, leading it in the advance until he received another wound, which later proved fatal.