Stuart Carkener
Home Town: Kansas City, MO
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 14, W.D., 1925
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Stuart Carkener, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Roncheres, France, July 31, 1918. Despite the fierce shelling to which he was subjected, Corporal Carkener remained at his forward observation post for many hours, until killed by enemy shell fire.