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First Name: Robert

Last Name: Abbott

Birthplace: Springdale, AR, USA

Gender: Male

Branch: Army (1784 - present)



Home of Record: Sherman, TX
Middle Name: L.



Date of Birth: 29 October 1896

Date of Death: 22 April 1985

Rank: Corporal

Years Served: 1917-1919
Robert Lee Abbott

   
Engagements:
•  World War I (1914 - 1918)

Biography:

Robert Lee Abbott

Corporal, U. S. Army

Distinguished Service Cross

GENERAL ORDERS:
War Department, General Orders No. 132 (1918)
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 Corporal Robert L. Abbott (ASN: 748894), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 3d Supply Train, 3d Division, A.E.F., at Chateau-Thierry, France, May 31 to 4 June 1918.
Wounded in the hand by a bursting shell, he voluntarily drove a motorcycle, carrying messages and information to and from French and other headquarters. He was without sleep for 36 hours and constantly passed through hostile machine-gun and shell fire.

On 23 November 1918 awarded the French Croix de Guerre with palm.



Origin of Nickname/Handle:

Texas WWI Exceptional Gallantry

Honoree ID: 316079   Created by: drjones46

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