Charles Earl Schermerhorn

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles Earl Schermerhorn, Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cornay, France, October 9 – 10, 1918. After successfully driving off the enemy his attacking force was counter-attacked and surrounded. The officers in charge decided to surrender to the greatly superior numbers, but Lieutenant Schermerhorn, refusing to do so, made his way to our lines through deadly enemy fire, although severely wounded while doing so.