Joseph N. Roberson
Home Town: Saxapahaw, NC
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph N. Roberson, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. With eight other soldiers, comprising the company headquarters detachment, First Sergeant Roberson assisted his company commander in cleaning out enemy dugouts along a canal and capturing 242 prisoners.
