Bryan Mudgett

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Bryan Mudgett, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Mihiel, France, September 12 – 13, 1918. On several occasions during the advance of September 12, Lieutenant Mudgett out-maneuvered enemy machine guns, capturing both guns and crew. On the night of September 12 – 13, he led a patrol of two squads through the German lines, advancing over 1,000 yards to the front of the line of resistance, captured a German battery, one non-commissioned officer, and seven men. He then fought his way back through the enemy’s lines, losing but one prisoner before meeting the advancing American troops.