Walter B. Brown

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter B. Brown, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Gesnes, France, October 9, 1918. Exposing himself to the greatest danger, Private Brown constantly carried messages from the company to the platoons occupying the front lines. The journey necessitated his crossing an area swept by intense artillery and withering machine-gun fire, but he successfully maintained liaison during a very critical period of the attack.