George R. Carpentier
Home Town: Washington, DC
General Orders No. 126, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George R. Carpentier, First Lieutenant (Chaplain), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cheveuges, France, November 7, 1918. Volunteering for the service, Chaplain Carpentier accompanied a patrol as interpreter, and later, when our troops encountered stubborn resistance and sustained heavy casualties, he established a dressing station, and, under heavy shell fire, administered to the wounded and dying, continuing this service after he himself had been wounded twice.
