Charles Cartona
Home Town: Terryville, CT
General Orders 64, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles Cartona, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 26, 1918. During the operations in the Belieu Bois, Private Cartona went forward at the risk of personal danger, and succeeded in rescuing a wounded comrade and brought him back to safety, being subjected the whole journey to intense and deadly artillery and machine-gun fire.
