Roy W. Peterson
Home Town: Center, NE
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Roy W. Peterson, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. Severely wounded while operating a machine-gun under shell fire, Private Peterson refused to leave his post until he was removed by his comrades against his protests.
