Noel E. Paton

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Noel E. Paton, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Woel, France, September 14, 1918. While on a reconnaissance patrol under heavy machine-gun fire, Sergeant Paton was seriously wounded and ordered to the rear. Refusing to seek safety, he crawled to the assistance of two comrades, whom he had seen disappear under a burst of shrapnel, and, with one arm useless, attempted to render aid while he was himself suffering from loss of blood.