The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Corporal Louis M. Brewer (ASN: 280431), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Romagne, France, 9 October 1918. When his platoon sergeant was severely wounded during an attack on enemy machine-gun nests, Corporal Brewer took command of the platoon and led it forward. In so doing he was himself wounded, but he refused to seek medical aid until the objective had been reached and the platoon reorganized.