Charles Frederick Warren, Sr.

Captain, U. S. Army

Distinguished Service Cross

GENERAL ORDERS:
War Department, General Orders No. 39 (1920)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Charles F. Warren, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, A.E.F., near Exermont, France, 5 October 1918.
Lieutenant Warren led his platoon forward through artillery and machine-gun fire to rescue six men who had been cut off from our lines by the enemy. While crossing an open space his platoon was fired upon by enemy machine guns. Lieutenant Warren advanced ahead of his platoon, calling to his men "Follow me," until he fell wounded by a machine-gun bullet.