Charles N. Sisson
Home Town: Jacksonville, AL
General Orders No. 15, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles N. Sisson, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cornay, France, October 9, 1918. When the advance was checked on the outskirts of Cornay because of the exhaustion of the troops and machine-gun fire from the town, Captain Sisson, who had been in action several hours, took charge without orders and started two patrols into the town. One was driven back by the machine-gun fire, but this gallant officer personally led the other and succeeded in capturing two machine-guns and their crews and 112 prisoners, completely cleaning out the town. Throughout this operation Captain Sisson displayed great bravery and coolness under the most trying circumstances.
