Robert F. Higley

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert F. Higley, Private, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 45th Company, 5th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action at Belleau Wood, in the Chateau-Thierry Sector, France, June 6, 1918. Under heavy machine-gun and rifle fire, Private Higley went forward to the vicinity of the position occupied by a platoon of his company with utter disregard of his own personal danger and assisted a badly wounded officer of his company to shelter. Learning that this advanced platoon was in need of ammunition and water, Private Higley again gallantly made his way to the exposed position with canteens of water and bandoliers of ammunition.