Charles M. Tarter
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles M. Tarter, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Vaux, France, on July 1, 1918. When his captain was wounded, Sergeant Tarter went out under violent machine-gun fire to bring the officer to shelter and was severely wounded himself while performing this heroic act.
