Charles B. Johnson, Jr.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles B. Johnson, Jr., Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action north of Chateau-Thierry, France, July 19, 1918. While his battery position was under shell fire and its ammunition dump had been hit and shells were exploding in it and the crew was ordered to leave Sergeant Johnson remained, put out three fires in the dump, and afterwards, under heavy fire, searched for and brought wounded to shelter.