Robert P. Howard
Home Town: Chicago, IL
General Orders 71, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert P. Howard, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chippily Ridge, France, August 9, 1918. Corporal Howard displayed extraordinary bravery when after being wounded by a machine-gun bullet and with a piece of shrapnel in his lung, he refused to be evacuated. Stating that he knew most of the non- commissioned officers in the company had been killed or wounded, he remained on duty with his men, setting an example of coolness and courage.
