Charles W. Michaelis
Home Town: East St. Louis, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 128, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles W. Michaelis, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Chipilly Ridge, France, August 10, 1918. Private Michaelis showed gallantry in attacking an enemy machine-gun nest with his platoon sergeant, killing the crew and capturing the gun, which he used later effectively against the enemy.