William E. Robbins
Home Town: Wilson, NC
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 21, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William E. Robbins, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. During an attack by his regiment, Private Robbins was wounded in the leg. Having dressed his own wound, he continued to advance with his Lewis gun and ammunition until he was killed by shellfire.