Charles A. Shaw
Home Town: Pattonsburg, MO
General Orders No. No. 125, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles A. Shaw, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action during the offensive against the St. Mihiel salient, France, September 11 – 13, 1918. First Lieutenant Shaw personally led his platoon under heavy machine-gun fire into the undamaged enemy wire, so inspiring his platoon that, regardless of heavy losses, the machine-gun nest was neutralized. He was killed one minute after his platoon had accomplished its mission.
