Charles Lewis
Home Town: San Francisco, CA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles Lewis, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois- de-Rappes, France, October 12, 1918, and near Cunel, France, October 13, 1918. Sergeant Lewis assisted, on October 12, in carrying his company commander, who had been severely wounded, to a first-aid station, under heavy shell fire. On October 13, near Cunel, he took charge of his company and had successfully reached the objective and held it until he was killed by shell fire.