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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    28th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 6, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 78 (1919)

    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 Corporal Roderick Evans (ASN: 2659414), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Hill No. 240, Exermont, France, 6 October 1918. After Corporal Evans had been wounded and sent to the dressing station, he voluntarily returned to the front line and led his platoon in action until he was wounded a second time.