Charles F. Carbaugh

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles F. Carbaugh, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action southeast of Bazoches, France, October 9, 1918. Private Carbaugh was sent as a runner to direct a platoon of his company to assemble and return to its position. He displayed unusual leadership in performing his mission by himself, taking command of the disorganized unit, getting it well in hand, and leading it back under a hostile shelling without losses and without confusion.