Allen J. Marshall
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Allen J. Marshall, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Spitaals-Bosschen, Belgium, October 31, 1918. Although suffering acute pain from a severe injury. Sergeant Marshall led his section through a continuous rain of machine- gun and sniper fire, beyond the infantry front line, where he encountered the enemy.