Charles W. Allen
Home Town: Drummond, OK
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles W. Allen, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bantheville, France, October 23, 1918. During a fight between his company and superior force of the enemy, Sergeant Allen observed a machine gun in action on the flank of his platoon. He charged the emplacement and captured the crew of six men.
