Charles Galloway Hammond
Home Town: South Roanoke, VA
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles Galloway Hammond, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vadenay, France, July 15, 1918. During the heavy shelling of Vadenay on the morning of July 15, Private Hammond voluntarily left a place of safety, went to the aid of a wounded French soldier, and brought him to shelter through heavy fire of large-caliber shells.
