Louis C. Bobb

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Louis C. Bobb, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Apremont, France, October 2, 1918. Sergeant Bobb was a member of a reconnaissance patrol consisting of an officer and four soldiers, which was stopped and in danger of being surrounded by enemy machine gunners and snipers. Risking his own life to save his comrades, he dashed from cover to draw the enemy fire, calling on the others to run. Crossing an open space for 150 yards under a sheltered position he continued to keep the enemy down by his fire, while the other members of the patrol succeeded in escaping.