Claude L. Mingle
Home Town: Knoxville, TN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Claude L. Mingle, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. When enemy machine guns suddenly opened fire on both flanks of his platoon, Private Mingle bravely refused to take cover, but delivered effective rifle fire on the enemy, putting out of action one of the machine guns before he was mortally wounded.