Ralph W. Robart

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ralph W. Robart, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Belleau Wood, France, July 20, 1918. After being painfully wounded by machine-gun fire, the leader lost, Second Lieutenant Robart assumed command of the company, and gallantly led it to its objective. He immediately reorganized his command and while energetically engaged in this work he was sent to the rear for treatment.