Charles L. Inks

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles L. Inks, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Fismette, France, August 12, 1918. Upon his own initiative, Sergeant Inks crawled thirty-five yards in advance of the line under the most intense machine-gun fire to where a wounded soldier lay, carrying him to shelter and administering first aid treatment, thereby saving his life.