Charles R. Rowan
Home Town: Altoona, PA
General Orders No. No. 139, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles R. Rowan, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Apremont, France, September 29, 1918. Being familiar with the ground over which an attack was to be made, he volunteered to leave his own company in the reserve and lead another company which was without officers. The enemy attacked before our own operations were begun, and he was wounded by a machine-gun bullet. Exemplifying in the highest degree the spirit of self-sacrifice and devotion to duty, he remained with his command for an hour and a half until the hostile attack was repulsed. He has since died from the wounds received in this engagement.
