Carlisle R. Wilson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Carlisle R. Wilson, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montblainville, France, September 27, 1918. In order to establish and maintain liaison with the adjacent division, Lieutenant Wilson, although wounded, led his men along the valley of the Aire River and across a bridge through the heaviest kind of artillery and machine-gun fire. He died soon after this exploit from the wounds received.