Robert Espy
Home Town: Abbeville, AL
General Orders No. 23, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert Espy, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Courpoil, France, July 26, 1918. While making a reconnaissance of his position 200 yards in front of our lines, Lieutenant Espy noticed the enemy preparing a counterattack. Taking an automatic rifle from a dead gunner’s hands he alone, although twice wounded, opened fire on them, breaking up the attack and inflicting severe losses on their ranks.
