Charles R. Figgins
Home Town: Wasco, CA
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles R. Figgins, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Eclisfontaine, France, September 28, 1918. Responding to a call for volunteers, Corporal Figgins, with five others, advanced 400 yards beyond their front to bring in wounded comrades. They succeeded in rescuing seven of their men, also in bringing in the dead body of a lieutenant, while exposed to terrific machine-gun fire.
