Charles W. Brison
Home Town: Reading, PA
General Orders 64, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles W. Brison, Mechanic, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cunel, France, October 12, 1918. While his company was occupying a position on the forward slope of a hill, subjected to incessant sniping, machine-gun and artillery fire, Mechanic Brison voluntarily covered a large area searching for the wounded and administering first aid to them. He also carried important messages between the different units of his company.
