Charles W. Thompson
Home Town: Lynnsville, IN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles W. Thompson, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vaux-Andigny, France, October 11, 1918. When his machine-gun position on the flank of the line became untenable, Sergeant Thompson crawled 20 yards in front of the position and opened fire with his rifle covering the withdrawal of the crew and thereby saving both gun and crew from capture.