John Brown
Status: KIA
RELATED HEROES STORIES
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John Brown, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Remonville, France, November 5, 1918. While making his way to the side of a wounded comrade, Private Brown was seriously wounded, but he refused to permit the litter bearers to take him to a dressing station until those wounded about him were first evacuated.