Willard H. Marshall

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Willard H. Marshall, Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Villemontry, France, November 10, 1918. While in charge of a section of engineers constructing a footbridge across the Meuse river, the enemy opened fire when the bridge was partly finished, breaking it in two. With remarkable bravery, while under intense enemy machine-gun and artillery fire, Sergeant Marshall continued to direct the construction and completed the bridge, which enabled the infantry to cross.