Robert F. Jeffrey

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert F. Jeffrey, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Apremont, France, September 29, 1918. Corporal Jeffrey was a member of a section operating 37-mm. guns which was attacked by the enemy. After removing the guns to safety he learned that the officer commanding the section had been captured, whereupon he organized a party of five, attacked the enemy’s patrol, numbering 35, and succeeded in delivering the captured officer, killing 15 of the enemy and personally capturing two. Later in the same evening, in entire disregard for his own safety, Corporal Jeffrey assisted a sergeant in organizing 75 men for a counterattack, which they launched in the face of heavy fire at close range, driving the enemy back for more than a kilometer.