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 Arthur S. Roberts (ASN: 1785375), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Montfaucon, France, September 28 – 30, 1918. While acting as a division observer, Private Roberts remained constantly on duty for several days in a building on the heights of Montfaucon. While he was in this building portions of it were destroyed by direct artillery hits, and hostile shelling was such that observers located in the same building withdrew to a safer place. Private Roberts, however, remained constantly at his post of duty and obtained important information.