John C. Grabau

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John C. Grabau, Captain (Medical Corps), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Brabant-sur-Meuse, France, November 3, 1918. Captain Grabau displayed great coolness and courage, while under a heavy shellfire, in going to the assistance of a wounded soldier, and although twice knocked down by exploding shells and badly wounded in the arm, he continued his efforts until he ascertained the soldier was dead. Later, at the dressing station, although bleeding profusely, he refused to attend to his own wounds until he had dressed the wounds of several other men.