Robert Riggsby
Home Town: New York, NY
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert Riggsby, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Landres-et-St. Georges, France, October 14, 1918. When the advance of his platoon was held up by machine-gun fire, Private Riggsby went forward alone, killed one and captured five of the enemy machine-gun crew, and succeeded in silencing two machine-guns, thus permitting his platoon to continue their advance.
