Charles W. Turner
Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles W. Turner, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Binarville, France, October 6, 1918. Surrounded by enemy machine-guns and snipers, and under heavy shell fire, Lieutenant Turner refused to surrender, but held his position with extraordinary heroism and total disregard for his own life until he and all his detachment were killed.