Charles De Rham, Jr.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles De Rham, Jr., First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bazoches, France, September 3, 1918, and in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, September 27, 1918. On September 3 Lieutenant De Rham led the first patrol of his brigade across the Vesle River, exposed to heavy enemy machine-gun fire. On September 27 he led five attacks against enemy machine-gun positions. He was killed while making the fifth attack.