Louis M. Brewer
Home Town: Detroit, MI
General Orders No. 126, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Louis M. Brewer, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Romagne, France, October 9, 1918. When his platoon sergeant was severely wounded during an attack on enemy machine-gun nests, Corporal Brewer took command of the platoon and led it forward. In so doing he was himself wounded, but he refused to seek medical aid until the objective had been reached and the platoon reorganized.
