Charles Gossage Grey
Home Town: Chicago, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles Gossage Grey, Captain (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montmedy, France, November 4, 1918. While leading a patrol of three machines, Captain Grey observed a formation of our bombing planes hard pressed by 12 of the enemy. He attacked the leading enemy machine without hesitation, thereby attracting the enemy’s fire and allowing the bombing machines to escape undamaged.