Robert Kenneth Whitson
Home Town: Union City, TN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 15, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert Kenneth Whitson, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France. July 19, 1918. When his major was killed, Captain Whitson took command of his battalion and, although wounded, led it forward for the succeeding three days to its final objective, and, although wounded again, refused to be evacuated until he had directed the consolidation of his position.