Marquis L. Dillard
Home Town: Laddonia, MO
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 87, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Marquis L. Dillard, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Barricourt, France, November 1, 1918. While leading a patrol in advance of our lines, Sergeant Dillarde was subjected to intense machine gun and minenwerfer fire. With marked courage, he successfully led his men in a charge, first upon the machine gun, and then upon the minenwerfer, capturing both gun and the crews.