Charles Cameron
Home Town: Youngstown, OH
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 99, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles Cameron, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 19, 1918. When the Infantry of which Private Cameron was a part was held up by a trench occupied by Germans near Soissons, Private Cameron voluntarily ran around the trench to its rear, shot and killed one of the enemy, and captured the remainder.
Distinguished Service Cross
Foreign
World War I
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles Cameron, Second Corporal (Acting Sergeant), British Army, for extraordinary heroism in action on the St. Quentin Canal, France, September 29, 1918. Corporal Cameron was in charge of a party of sappers which advanced with the Infantry. He advanced through heavy fire and on several occasions showed contempt for danger in entering dugouts and tunnels which were suspected of being mined by the enemy. During the advance he attacked and captured an enemy machine gun and six men. This action took place in conjunction with the attack of the 30th U.S. Division.
