Charles Wesly Sharkey
Home Town: Cleveland, OH
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles Wesly Sharkey, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action during the St. Mihiel offensive, September 12, 1918. After being shot in the right arm, Private Sharkey continued to advance; and, by the effective use of his pistol with his left hand, alone captured 20 Germans and two machine-guns.