Roy F. Shupp
Home Town: New Bern, NC
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Roy F. Shupp, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Gland, France, July 21, 1918. After crossing the Marne with the leading platoon of his company, Lieutenant Shupp, with two companions, made a surprise attack on an enemy machine- gun emplacement and succeeded in taking one gun and eight prisoners.
