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 Jean Marius, Army of France, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 5th Regiment, Colonial Infantry, Army of France, near Vilosnes, France, 3 November 1918. Sergeant Marius voluntarily accompanied an American officer on an engineering reconnaissance of a dangerous character. When the detachment was almost surrounded by the enemy he succeeded in killing several Germans and thereby saved the officer’s life.