Robert W. Lindsay
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders 71, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert W. Lindsay, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Consenvoye, France, October 10, 1918. Private Lindsay volunteered to carry messages over ground swept by heavy fire after two other runners had been wounded. He delivered important messages, working to maintain liaison after he had himself been wounded.