Charles E. Dolan
Home Town: Zion City, IL
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles E. Dolan, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Jaulny, France, November 8, 1918. After repeated efforts had failed Private Dolan carried a message from his platoon to his company commander, through an intense artillery and machine-gun barrage. He then guided a detail of stretcher bearers back through the barrage to his platoon and assisted in the evacuation of the wounded.
