Robert Blalock
Home Town: Krebs, OK
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert Blalock, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 7, 1918. Sergeant Blalock led a patrol of 10 men against a strong enemy machine-gun position, flanking the strong point and attacking it from the rear with admirable judgment. After expending all his ammunition this soldier continued the fight with two captured Luger pistols, and himself killed eight of the enemy in spite of being wounded. Nine machine-gun nests were wiped out as a result of this attack and the position was organized for defense with the captured guns.
