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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private First Class

    Regiment:

    316th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    79th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 29, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 15 (1923)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Private First Class Roy B. Andes (ASN: 1785940), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 316th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Bois-de-Beuge, north of Montfaucon, France, 29 September 1918. Voluntarily accompanying Lieutenant Goetz, under intense enemy machine-gun and artillery fire, Private First Class Andes made his way over rough and broken terrain to the advanced position held by a provisional battalion of his regiment with a message to the battalion commander to immediately withdraw his forces to a position in the rear, as an American barrage was about to fall, and a short time later did fall, on the woods which was formerly occupied by the battalion. The heroic conduct of Private Andes and the officer he accompanied saved the lives of many of his comrades.