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First Name: Carroll

Last Name: Head

Birthplace: Fort Worth, TX, USA

Gender: Male

Branch: Army (1784 - present)



Home of Record: Fort Worth, TX
Middle Name: E.



Date of Birth: 30 September 1895

Date of Death: 24 July 1965

Rank: Sergeant

Years Served: 1918-1919
Carroll Eugene Head

   
Engagements:
•  World War I (1914 - 1918)

Biography:

Carroll Eugene Head

Sergeant, U. S. Army

Distinguished Service Cross

GENERAL ORDERS:
War Department, General Orders 81 (1919)
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 Corporal Carroll E. Head (ASN: 1480120), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 111th Field Signal Battalion, 36th Division, A.E.F., near Attigny, France, 14 October 1918.
The enemy having located the advance divisional information center, the personnel was removed to a new position. Corporal Head volunteered and removed the switchboard, changing the wire connections so that communication would not be interrupted. For five or sis minutes he worked under intense shell fire, several shells passing through the building as he worked. He succeeded, however, in reestablishing the line connections outside the building. Immediately after he left the building it was completely demolished by a shell.

On 3 April 1919 awarded the Italian Croce di Guerra.



Origin of Nickname/Handle:

Texas WWI Exceptional Gallantry

Honoree ID: 316008   Created by: drjones46

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