John M. Robinson
Home Town: Philadelphia, PA
General Orders No. No. 3, W.D., 1921
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John M. Robinson, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Mezy, France, July 15, 1918, and south of Cunel, France, October 11, 1918. During the enemy offensive Sergeant Robinson held an advanced lookout post, exposed to heavy artillery fire in order to warn his platoon of the approach of the enemy. In the Argonne, on October 11, he led several members of his company in advance of our lines and rescued several wounded comrades.
