Robert Allen Rhodes
Home Town: St. Joseph, MO
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 125, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert Allen Rhodes, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chateau-Thierry, France, July 20 and 22, 1918. East of Belleau Wood Private Rhodes continually carried messages under heavy machine-gun fire while acting as a runner. On July 22, near Epieds, he crossed an open gap swept by machine-gun fire in order to deliver an important message, and later was a voluntary member of a patrol which rescued wounded under fire from advanced positions.