Carlysle A. Gorman
Home Town: Richmond, VA
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Carlysle A. Gorman, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois Brabant-sur-Meuse, France, October 8, 1918. Sergeant German, with four other soldiers, fearlessly attacked eight machine gun positions and succeeded, after stubborn resistance, in capturing both the guns and the crews.