Robert F. Lewis
Home Town: Bolton, NC
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert F. Lewis, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. His section having been stopped by a concealed machine-gun, Corporal Lewis on his own initiative, crawled forward alone over ground swept by machine-gun fire. Attacking the nest with bombs, and firing at it with his ride, he killed the entire crew, numbering seven, and thereby cleared the way for the further advance of his section.