Charles K. Templeton

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles K. Templeton, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Nouart, France, November 5, 1918. After telephone communications had been destroyed and his runners scattered on other missions, Lieutenant Templeton started on a mission of extreme importance from the infantry to the artillery. His path lay through a heavy machine-gun and shell fire, and before he reached his destination he was seriously wounded. He succeeded, however, in relaying his message to its destination.