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 Herbert A. Brown (ASN: 40400), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Soissons, France, 18 July 1918. When his company was being swept by a withering machine-gun fire from a hidden nest Corporal Brown voluntarily made his way around the flank of the emplacement and attacked the crew. After causing the crew to flee in disorder he manned the gun and poured a heavy fire into their retreating ranks.