James E. Brown

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James E. Brown, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Torcy and Belleau, France, July 18 – 20, 1918. Corporal Brown displayed exceptional bravery as a member of a patrol of six men, which entered Belleau from the rear and captured four prisoners. He also worked untiringly in the evacuation of wounded at Torcy in the face of constant and intense shell fire. Later, when his platoon commander and most of the commissioned officers had been incapacitated, Corporal Brown took command of his platoon and skillfully led it in the advance, keeping his command together under heavy shell and machine-gun fire until he was struck four times.