Robert A. Gaston
Home Town: San Antonio, TX
General Orders No. 21, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert A. Gaston, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Etienne, France, October 8, 1918. Corporal Gaston led three attempts to take an enemy machine-gun nest under enfilade fire. In the final attempt he was wounded, but continued to advance until he was killed by machine-gun fire.
