b Genoa Ill. Unmarried son of Dillon S Brown of Genoa. Father is a banker.
Lt. Brown served with Company K, 26th Infantry, First Division. Lt. Brown was admitted to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, being assigned to the 17th Company.
Upon receipt of his commission, he was ordered overseas, sailing on January 15, 1918. Arriving in France he was assigned for further military training to one of the A.E.F. infantry schools.
Upon completion of the course he was attached to the 26th Infantry, with which regiment he went into the line on March 15, 1918.
Twice wounded, Lt. Brown was awarded the Croix de Guerre for gallantry in action. He died October 7, 1918, from wounds received in action in Battle of Marne.
"The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Bayard Brown, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 2 - 22, and near Verdun, France, October 9, 1918. Lieutenant Brown took command of his battalion at Soissons after all his senior officers had been killed or wounded, organized for a counterattack, and held his command all day, although he was dangerously wounded. In the fight for Hill 212, in the Argonne, he took command of his company after his company commander had been killed, and led it forward until mortally wounded within 50 yards of the enemy position."
Originally buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Lt. Brown served with Company K, 26th Infantry, First Division. Lt. Brown was admitted to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, being assigned to the 17th Company.
Upon receipt of his commission, he was ordered overseas, sailing on January 15, 1918. Arriving in France he was assigned for further military training to one of the A.E.F. infantry schools.
Upon completion of the course he was attached to the 26th Infantry, with which regiment he went into the line on March 15, 1918.
Twice wounded, Lt. Brown was awarded the Croix de Guerre for gallantry in action. He died October 7, 1918, from wounds received in action in Battle of Marne.
"The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Bayard Brown, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 2 - 22, and near Verdun, France, October 9, 1918. Lieutenant Brown took command of his battalion at Soissons after all his senior officers had been killed or wounded, organized for a counterattack, and held his command all day, although he was dangerously wounded. In the fight for Hill 212, in the Argonne, he took command of his company after his company commander had been killed, and led it forward until mortally wounded within 50 yards of the enemy position."
Originally buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
b Genoa Ill. Unmarried son of Dillon S Brown of Genoa. Father is a banker.
Lt. Brown served with Company K, 26th Infantry, First Division. Lt. Brown was admitted to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, being assigned to the 17th Company.
Upon receipt of his commission, he was ordered overseas, sailing on January 15, 1918. Arriving in France he was assigned for further military training to one of the A.E.F. infantry schools.
Upon completion of the course he was attached to the 26th Infantry, with which regiment he went into the line on March 15, 1918.
Twice wounded, Lt. Brown was awarded the Croix de Guerre for gallantry in action. He died October 7, 1918, from wounds received in action in Battle of Marne.
"The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Bayard Brown, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 2 - 22, and near Verdun, France, October 9, 1918. Lieutenant Brown took command of his battalion at Soissons after all his senior officers had been killed or wounded, organized for a counterattack, and held his command all day, although he was dangerously wounded. In the fight for Hill 212, in the Argonne, he took command of his company after his company commander had been killed, and led it forward until mortally wounded within 50 yards of the enemy position."
Originally buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Lt. Brown served with Company K, 26th Infantry, First Division. Lt. Brown was admitted to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, being assigned to the 17th Company.
Upon receipt of his commission, he was ordered overseas, sailing on January 15, 1918. Arriving in France he was assigned for further military training to one of the A.E.F. infantry schools.
Upon completion of the course he was attached to the 26th Infantry, with which regiment he went into the line on March 15, 1918.
Twice wounded, Lt. Brown was awarded the Croix de Guerre for gallantry in action. He died October 7, 1918, from wounds received in action in Battle of Marne.
"The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Bayard Brown, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 2 - 22, and near Verdun, France, October 9, 1918. Lieutenant Brown took command of his battalion at Soissons after all his senior officers had been killed or wounded, organized for a counterattack, and held his command all day, although he was dangerously wounded. In the fight for Hill 212, in the Argonne, he took command of his company after his company commander had been killed, and led it forward until mortally wounded within 50 yards of the enemy position."
Originally buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
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Co. K 26th Inf. Div. A.E.F.
Killed in the Argonne
Buried at Cheppy Sur-Meuse, France
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