Albert C. Brackett
Home Town: South Paris, ME
General Orders No. No. 142, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Albert C. Brackett, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Marcheville, France, September 26, 1918. Although he was severely wounded, Sergeant Brackett insisted upon continuing his duties. Under severe fire from snipers, machine guns, and artillery, he repeatedly stood up in the open, offering himself as a target for the snipers in order to locate their positions.
