Charles G. Carlson
Home Town: Chicago, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 64, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles G. Carlson, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Consenvoye, France, October 17, 1918. Though he was seriously wounded, Private Carlson succeeded in reaching his destination with an important message, his route being under heavy shell fire, through ravines filled with gas.