David F. Curtin
Home Town: Brookline, MA
General Orders No. No. 39, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to David F. Curtin, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in Bois Belleau, north of Verdun, France, October 27, 1918. The attacking Infantry having been temporarily halted by machine-gun fire from the front, Sergeant Curtin, grasping the situation, led a group of men in a flank attack upon the enemy machine-gun position, which resulted in the capture of the position and 30 prisoners. His deed enabled the left of the line to advance to its objective.
