Robert E. Crawford
Home Town: Oklahoma City, OK
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert E. Crawford, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, November 4, 1918. When three boats in a pontoon footbridge across the Meuse River were destroyed by artillery fire, Corporal Crawford volunteered and swam into the river under heavy shell fire and, by holding up the deck until new boats were launched and placed in position, permitted the uninterrupted crossing of the infantry.
