Starr Sedgwick Eaton
Home Town: Madison, WI
General Orders No. No. 117, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Starr Sedgwick Eaton, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chateau- Thierry, France, July 1, 1918. Captain Eaton displayed notable coolness and courage during the attack by his company, winning a brilliant success and capturing a large number of prisoners and a, quantity of enemy munitions. After obtaining his objective he personally led a small detachment against a hostile machine-gun and silenced it, capturing in person the machine gunners and destroying the nest.
