Roger W. Stembridge

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Roger W. Stembridge, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vieville-en-Haye, France, October 31, 1918 to November 1, 1918. Although wounded by a shell fragment and suffering from the effects of an anti-tetanic serum, Lieutenant Stembridge continued to lead his platoon through the night of October 31 and the offensive operation of November 1, under heavy enemy shell fire, encouraging his men by his gallant conduct.