Charles B. Duncan
Home Town: Nashville, TN
General Orders 71, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles B. Duncan, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-de-Septsarges, France, September 29, 1918. When an enemy shell landed in the ammunition dump of his battery, Captain Duncan jumped in among the burning shells and succeeded in getting the fuses away and extinguishing the fire. Later he was mortally wounded by enemy shell fire.
