Raymond D. Robertson
Home Town: Berkeley, CA
General Orders No. 15, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Raymond D. Robertson, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action west of Fismes, France, August 5, 1918. Sergeant Robertson was a member of a small detachment of engineers which went out in advance of the front line of the infantry, through an enemy barrage from 77-mm and one-pounder guns, to construct a footbridge over the River Vesle. As soon as their operations were discovered machine-gun fire was opened upon them; but, undaunted, the party continued at work, removing the German wire entanglements and successfully completing the bridge, which was of great value in subsequent operations.
