Robert Gunn Carlisle
Home Town: Aberdeen, MS
General Orders No. No. 3, W.D., 1921
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert Gunn Carlisle, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Juvin, France, October 1, 1918. After his platoon had suffered very heavy casualties Lieutenant Carlisle led a group of eight men on a reconnaissance along the Aire River. Encountering enemy machine-gun fire, he gallantly led his group in the attack and completely silenced the enemy fire. Due, in part, to his heroism, his organization was able to cross the Aire River on the following day.
