William L. Brockman
Home Town: Appleton, WI
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 3, W.D., 1935
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William L. Brockman, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Auberive, France, July 15, 1918. Private Brockman continued to operate his machine gun against the attacking enemy after all other members of the crew had been killed. Then, going forward to rescue a wounded comrade, was himself instantly killed.