Thomas W. Carlisle
Home Town: Goldsboro, NC
General Orders 81, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas W. Carlisle, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918; and near St. Souplet, France, October 12, 1918. Sergeant Carlisle volunteered with two comrades and went in advance of our lines, under heavy machine-gun fire, and rescued a wounded soldier. Later, when his platoon had been reduced to four men, he inspired them by his personal courage to hold their position till reinforcements arrived.
