Charles R. Burks
Home Town: Malvern, IA
General Orders No. No. 116, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles R. Burks, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Sergy, northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, July 30, 1918. During the midday attack on Sergy, after all the runners had been exhausted and many men had been killed or wounded, Private Burks volunteered to take a message to a neighboring unit through violent bombardment and machine-gun fire. He was killed by a machine-gun bullet while on his way with the message.
