Charles E. Gaynier
Home Town: Rockaway, NY
General Orders No. 126, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles E. Gaynier, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ronssoy, France, September 30, 1918. Private Gaynier exhibited exceptional bravery in voluntarily leaving shelter, going forward under heavy shell and machine-gun fire and bringing back to our lines several wounded comrades.
