Rollin B. Curtis

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Rollin B. Curtis, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cierges, France, August 1, 1918; and near Gesnes, France, October 9, 1918. During the advance near Reddy Farm, Sergeant Curtis, then a platoon commander, was painfully wounded in the leg, but refused to be evacuated until wounded a second time. During the advance, the battalion commander asked for a volunteer to establish liaison with the unit on the right. Sergeant Curtis immediately offered his services for this hazardous mission. On October 9, near Gesnes, when the only officer in his company was killed, Sergeant Curtis took command, leading the company through an intense enemy barrage. Although wounded and knocked down by the explosion of a shell, he continued to lead the company until relieved.