Robert J. Fitzgerald
Home Town: Ben Avon, PA
General Orders No. 15, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert J. Fitzgerald, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, September 3, 1918. His ambulance broke down while he was on his way to an advanced post along a road then under steady machine-gun fire. In spite of the enemy fire, he attempted to repair the machine, but was unable to do so. Securing assistance, he repaired it under fire in full view of the enemy and continued to make repeated trips with wounded through machine-gun and artillery bombardment.
