Paul Francis Brown
Home Town: Minneapolis, MN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 35, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Paul Francis Brown, Captain (Medical Corps), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Eclisfontaine, France, September 26 – 27, 1918. Captain Brown voluntarily advanced in front of our lines for the purpose of rescuing the wounded left in advance of the new lines by the retirement of a unit of the regiment. Due to his efforts 14 wounded Americans were brought safely back to our lines.