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 First Lieutenant (Infantry) Luther Hill Waller, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 328th Infantry Regiment, 82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, north of Vandieres, France, 15 September 1918. After his platoon had suffered severe losses by machine-gun and artillery fire during the advance, Lieutenant Waller reorganized it and led it in the attack through heavy fire to its objective. He then exposed himself to heavy artillery fire in order to bring back wounded men who lay in advance of the line, having gone out on a reconnaissance to locate flanking machine-gun positions. He made four trips across the fire-swept area to assist the wounded men to shelter.