Carl Bank
Home Town: Lowell, MI
General Orders No. No. 139, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Carl Bank, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Juvigny, north of Soissons, France, August 28, 1918. Though he was severely wounded by machine-gun fire, Sergeant Banks continued to lead his platoon throughout the attack until his company reformed, and an emergency no longer existed.
