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 Roy J. Brown (ASN: 1307345), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Premont, France, 8 October 1918. Private Brown exhibited unusual courage and bravery when he and three companions, though warned of the great danger, accompanied their commanding officer across an exposed area to the flank of an enemy machine-gun nest in order to draw the fire of the machine guns from the exposed platoons of their company, which were suffering heavy casualties. One of his companions was killed and another fatally wounded; nevertheless, the ruse was successful and permitted other men of the company to advance from the opposite flank and capture the machine-gun nests.