Charles R. Barton
Home Town: Houlton, ME
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles R. Barton, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Belleau Wood, France, July 20, 1918. Wounded in the leg by a machine-gun bullet, Sergeant Barton dressed his wound and continued to lead his section in a successful attack on two machine-gun nests. He remained on duty for 14 hours, until weakness forced him to be evacuated.
