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First Name: Chester

Last Name: Roberts

Birthplace: Cleburne, TX, USA

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Branch: Army (1784 - present)



Home of Record: Cleburne, TX
Middle Name: A.



Date of Birth: 29 September 1895

Date of Death: 02 May 1964

Rank: Sergeant

Years Served: 1917-1919
Chester Arthur Roberts

   
Engagements:
•  World War I (1914 - 1918)

Biography:

Chester Arthur Roberts

Sergeant, U. S. Army

Distinguished Service Cross

GENERAL ORDERS:
War Department, General Orders 66 (May 21, 1919)
CITATION:
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 Sergeant Chester A. Roberts (ASN: 1491227), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 142d Infantry Regiment, 36th Division, A.E.F., near St. Etienne, France, 8 October 1918.
Sergeant Roberts led an automatic rifle team of seven men in an attack on an enemy machine-gun nest, advancing 150 yards, under heavy machine-gun fire, to within 50 yards of the enemy position, from which point he directed the fire of his team with such skill that the enemy surrendered; resulting in the capture of four officers, 112 men, and 17 machine-guns.



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Texas WWI Exceptional Gallantry

Honoree ID: 315921   Created by: drjones46

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