Charles Armand Minton
Home Town: New York, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 43, W.D., 1922
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles Armand Minton, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois-de-Naza, near Binarville, France, October 5, 1918. Although suffering with a mortal illness, Lieutenant Minton retained command of his company, and when his line had been temporarily beaten back he personally returned across an area swept by hostile machine-gun fire and rescued a wounded soldier who had fallen within 25 yards of an enemy machine gun.