Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    23d Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    July 1, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 59 (1919)

    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 Sergeant Charles Maxwell Tarter (ASN: 51354), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 23d Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Vaux, France, on 1 July 1918. When his captain was wounded, Sergeant Tarter went out under violent machine-gun fire to bring the officer to shelter and was severely wounded himself while performing this heroic act.