Robert W. Hyatt
Home Town: Benton, IL
General Orders No. No. 3, W.D., 1921
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert W. Hyatt, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Exermont, France, October 4, 1918. On two occasions Sergeant Hyatt exposed himself to heavy enemy fire while advancing in front of our lines in order to make observations of the enemy’s activities on Hill 240. Upon his second journey to this exposed position he was severely wounded in the leg and was forced to remain in the enemy’s lines until rescued the following day by our advancing troops.
