Medal of Honor
October 11, 1918
near St. Souplet, France
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- World War I
- Unit or command
- Company K, 119th Infantry, 30th Division
- Presentation date
- December 31, 1919
The Citation
Sources ↓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 machinegun fire this gallant soldier was killed.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Robert Lester Blackwell — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000296
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 13
- Entered service at
- Hurdle Mills, N.C.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- f44d57e52d65381c91bf14dcb60bc5b71f15262c9ad9a82241c72029be0b90b2
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.