Paul P. Genest
Home Town: Lowell, MA
General Orders No. No. 132, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Paul P. Genest, Mechanic, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vaux, France, July 1, 1918. Mechanic Genest picked up a live grenade thrown into his group from an enemy dugout and hurled it back into the dugout, killing and wounding a number of the enemy and saving the lives of several comrades.
