Charles W. Whiting

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles W. Whiting, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Barbonval, France, September 10, 1918. Private Whiting had charge of maintaining a telephone line from Barbanvale to Blanzy. The line was under direct observation of the enemy, and the appearance of a lineman was the immediate occasion for shelling by the enemy with field artillery and one-pounders. Private Whiting stuck to his work repairing break after break, until he was mortally wounded by the enemy shell fire.