Roy A. Bess
Home Town: St. Louis, MO
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Roy A. Bess, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Beaufort, France, November 4, 1918. Although wounded by machine-gun fire, Private Bess refused first aid, and continued in the engagement for two days without treatment.