Robert L. Blackwell, private, Company K, 119th Infantry, 30th Division.  For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy near Saint Souplet, France, October 11, 1918.  When his platoon was almost surrounded by the enemy and his platoon commander asked for volunteers to carry a message calling for reinforcements, Pvt. Blackwell volunteered for this mission, well knowing the extreme danger connected with it.  In attempting to get through the heavy shell and machine-gun fire this gallant soldier was killed.  Emergency address: James B. Blackwell, father, R.F.D. No. 2, Hurdle Mills, N.C.  Residence at enlistment: R.F.D. No. 2, Hurdle Mills, N.C.
(Source: Congressional Medal of Honor, The distinguished Service Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal Issued by the War Department Since April 6, 1917 up to and including General Orders, No. 126, War Department, November 11, 1919. Page 25)