Robert H. Sillman
Home Town: New York, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
Philippine Insurrection
General Orders No. 116, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert H. Sillman, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action before Manila, Philippine Islands, August 13, 1898. Sergeant Sillman gallantly too part, until disabled by a Spanish bullet, in a charge on the enemy’s breastworks, volunteers having been called for by the brigadier general commanding.
