Robert M. Mcdonald
Home Town: Cheraw, SC
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert M. McDonald, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Brancourt, France, October 8, 1918. On the morning of October 8, near the village of Brancourt, France, Sergeant McDonald alone charged an enemy machine-gun nest that was causing many casualties in his platoon and temporarily holding up the advance. He killed the gunner and leader, put the gun out of action, and thus enabled his platoon to advance.