Charles C. Rentfro
Home Town: Chicago, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 99, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles C. Rentfro, First Lieutenant (Medical Corps), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at St. Agnan, France, July 15 – 18, 1918. First Lieutenant Rentfro went without sleep in order to care for the wounded, and performed his work fearlessly without shelter under continuous bombardment.