Auguste J. Petit

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Auguste J. Petit, Marechal des Logis, French Army, for extraordinary heroism in action east of Daucourt, France, September 27, 1918. Having been ordered to attack Bonvrot Farm, Marechal des Logis Petit led his platoon forward with fixed bayonets and cut off the enemy, capturing the position, which had been occupied by the enemy since dawn. His platoon, numbering but 20, took 85 prisoners and four machine-guns.