Charles R. Riley
Home Town: Binghamton, NY
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles R. Riley, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Grand Pre, France, October 14, 1918. When his company was halted by machine-gun fire, which threatened to wipe out the entire number, Sergeant Riley led a patrol and charged the nest and was successful, not only in cleaning out the stronghold, but in enabling his company to command a more favorable position.
