Nathan M. Curtis
Home Town: Chicago, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 70, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Nathan M. Curtis, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Consenvoye, France, October 10, 1918. Voluntarily leaving shelter, Corporal Curtis led a patrol of three men across an open field, under heavy shell fire, and captured an enemy machine-gun, killing two and capturing one of the crew.