Carl C. Carter
Home Town: Fresno, CA
General Orders No. No. 16, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Carl C. Carter, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in Belleau Wood, France, June 21, 1918. Sergeant Carter fearlessly led his platoon in an attack until shot down by machine-gun bullet, after which he rose to his feet and urged his men forward and then fell dead.
