Charles R. Hanger
Home Town: Laddonia, MO
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles R. Hanger, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Pouilly, France, November 10 – 11, 1918. When three of the companies of his battalion had become lost in the dense fog, during the crossing of the Meuse, Lieutenant Hanger made five trips through extremely heavy shell fire and guided them to the river crossing, thus enabling the battalion to fulfill its mission in the operation.
