Charles E. Nelson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles E. Nelson, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Trugny, France, July 22, 1918. Lieutenant Nelson led eight soldiers in an attack on a machine-gun that was inflicting severe losses in his company. Two of his detachment were lulled and two wounded before he reached the machine-gun nest. With the remaining four he attacked, captured the gun, killed five Germans, including one officer, and took 11 prisoners.