Charles E. Daniel
Home Town: Richmond, VA
General Orders No. 15, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles E. Daniel, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois-d’Etrayes, France, October 27, 1918. Private Daniels crawled from his own trenches to within range of an enemy machine-gun nest which had been harassing his company all day, and bombed out the gunners with hand grenades, thereby enabling his company to occupy more advantageous position.
