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 Private First Class Leland Brown (ASN: 2386239), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 61st Infantry Regiment, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Cote St. Germaine, France, 6 November 1918. Private First Class Brown attacked a machine-gun nest single handed and in the face of heavy fire, reduced the nest, capturing one prisoner. Later in the same day he patrolled alone under heavy fire in advance of his company and attacked another machine-gun position, capturing the gun and four prisoners.