Charlie Howard
Home Town: Fonde, KY
General Orders No. 15, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charlie Howard, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Frapelle, France, August 17, 1918. Corporal Howard, although severely wounded early in the action, refused to quit the fight, and shortly afterwards, when his second leader was killed, took command of and led his section forward to its objective.
