Clary Carter
Home Town: Naulakla, VA
General Orders No. No. 21, W.D., 1925
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clary Carter, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Mezy, France, July 15, 1918. Private Carter held a post where the Germans made repeated attempts to cross the River Marne in boats. He continued to fire his automatic rifle into the boatloads of Germans, after being wounded, until killed at his post.
