Charles M. Kidd
Home Town: New Freedom, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles M. Kidd, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, November 10, 1918. While his company was being held up by machine-gun fire. Corporal Kidd led his squad, in spite of a severe leg wound, against the machine-gun, killing the gunner, and clearing the way for the advance of his company.