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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    103d Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    July 20 & 22, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 125 (1918)

    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 Robert Allen Rhodes (ASN: 254216), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 103d Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Chateau-Thierry, France, 20 and 22 July 1918. East of Belleau Wood Private Rhodes continually carried messages under heavy machine-gun fire while acting as a runner. On 22 July near Epieds, he crossed an open gap swept by machine-gun fire in order to deliver an important message, and later was a voluntary member of a patrol which rescued wounded under fire from advanced positions.