Charles C. Cryder

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles C. Cryder, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Suippes, France, July 5, 1918. Corporal Cryder remained with his commanding officer, who was overcome with gas, and assisted him to a place of safety during a severe bombardment, despite the fact that the officer repeatedly suggested that he leave him and seek safety for himself, and that he had previously been instructed to seek shelter in a concrete dugout 1, 000 yards in the rear in case of bombardment.