Robert M. Bailey
Home Town: Anderson, SC
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert M. Bailey, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 12, 1918. Leading his platoon against an enemy position, Lieutenant Bailey was fatally wounded, but refused to leave until his position was organized and a counterattack repulsed.
