James Finley Brown

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James Finley Brown, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Villers-devant-Mouzon, France, November 7, 1918. First Lieutenant Brown displayed remarkable bravery in reconnoitering sites for foot bridges across the Meuse River and later directing the construction of these bridges under heavy machine-gun fire. While so engaged, he was killed by a sniper.