Robert J. Maxey

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert J. Maxey, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Cantigny, France, May 28, 1918. Lieutenant Colonel Maxey advanced with first wave and, in the face of heavy shell and machine-gun fire, located the objective of his battalion. He was a cool, dependable, and heroic leader. Although fatally wounded, he gave detailed instructions to his second in command and caused himself to be carried to his regimental commander and delivered important information before he died.