Charles D. Rounds

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles D. Rounds, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ban-de-Laveline and Clery Legrande, France, June 29, 1918, and October 28, 1918. On June 29 Corporal Rounds was driven out of his post by hand grenades and machine-gun fire. After the grenades had exploded, he reentered his post under machine- gun fire and drove the German gunners away with his automatic rifle. On October 28 he located several machine-gun nests and a battery of field artillery and returned with information which made it possible to destroy them.