Michael A. Platten
Home Town: Green Bay, WI
General Orders No. 21, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Michael A. Platten, Cook, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chery- Chartreuve, France, August 14, 1918. When the gun crews of the platoons in the woods were forced to withdraw on account of the intense enemy shelling, a wounded man was left behind. Noticing this, Cook Flatten rushed into the woods despite the continued shelling and brought the man to safety.
