Roy T. Dixon
Home Town: Chicago, IL
General Orders 78, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Roy T. Dixon, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Consenvoye, France, October 14, 1918. After five runners had been killed or wounded in attempting to reach the battalions on the flanks of his own, Corporal Dixon volunteered to lead a patrol to establish liaison with them. In so doing, he encountered an enemy machine gun, which he boldly attacked and silenced, successfully accomplishing his mission.
