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 Technical Sergeant Milford Winford Wilson (ASN: 34134287), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with an Infantry Company of the 121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces in France, on 12 August 1944. On that date, the leading squad of Technical Sergeant Wilson’s platoon was pinned down by withering machine gun, small arms, anti-tank and grenade fire from concrete emplacements along a well-fortified line. Severely wounded by shell fragments, Technical Sergeant Wilson, with great courage and utter disregard for his own life, personally directed his men to covered positions. In a desperate attempt to divert the enemy attention from his squad’s withdrawal, he walked boldly toward the enemy firing his rifle. He had gone but a few yards when he was hit by a burst of fire from a machine gun and fatally wounded. Technical Sergeant Wilson’s unflinching devotion to duty, valor and heroic leadership at the cost of his life, exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, the 8th Infantry Division, and the United States Army.