Roger H. Mullen

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Roger H. Mullen, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Romagne, France, October 14, 1918, and near Fontaines, France, November 7, 1918. Lieutenant Mullen, on October 14, under heavy machine-gun and artillery fire, personally led an attack on enemy machine-gun nests, capturing three machine-guns, and numerous prisoners. On November 7 he attacked and captured an enemy machine-gun nest which was holding up the advance of his company, taking machine guns and 16 prisoners.