Susquehanna County PA
Congressional Medal of Honor & Distinguished Service Cross & Distinguished Service Medal Issued by the War Department, 1919
Contributed by Tammy Clark
Charles E. Simpson, private, Company A, 310th Machine Gun Battalion. For extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, November 5, 1918. With two other soldiers, he voluntarily left a place of safety, went forward 40 meters under machine-gun lire in plain view of the enemy, and rescued another soldier who bad been blinded by a machine-gun bullet and was helplessly staggering about. Residence at enlistment: Great Bend, Pa.
Source: Congressional Medal of Honor & Distinguished Service Cross & Distinguished Service Medal Issued by the War Department, 1919
Distinguished Service Cross
* Indicates Posthumous Award