Kenneth P. Budd

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Kenneth P. Budd, Major, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ville Savoye, France, August 16, 1918. Although Major Budd’s post of command was subjected to continuous and concentrated gas attacks, and despite the fact that he was severely gassed during the bombardment, he refused to be evacuated, remaining for three days to personally superintend the relief of his battalion and the removal to the rear of men who had been gassed