Robert L. Hunter
Home Town: Baltimore, MD
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 1, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert L. Hunter, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 24, 1918. Disregarding his own danger and encouraging his men by word and action, Sergeant Hunter led his platoon in an attack upon a machine- gun nest and was instantly killed. His men, inspired by his heroism, continued the attack and captured the machine-gun nest.