Luther Hill Waller

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Luther Hill Waller, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action north of Vandieres, France, September 15, 1918. After his platoon had suffered severe losses by machine-gun and artillery fire during t he 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.