Carl Oscar Allison
Home Town: Washington, DC
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Carl Oscar Allison, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Argonne Forest, France, November 2, 1918. In the face of direct machine-gun fire not more than 40 yards distant, Sergeant Allison mounted a machine gun and succeeded in knocking out one of the enemy guns and taking twenty-five prisoners. Although seriously wounded during this most gallant exploit, he remained at his gun and ably assisted the advancing infantry, until weakness and loss of blood forced him to go to the rear.
