Charles E. Delario
Home Town: Los Angeles, CA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles E. Delario, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, November 2, 1918. Wounded while leading his company in the advance, Captain Delario turned over the command to another officer and went to the rear for first aid. Upon reaching the aid station he learned that his company was without officers, whereupon he immediately started back to the front through heavy machine-gun fire and was killed on the way.