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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    316th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    79th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    November 10, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 37 (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 Corporal Charles M. Kidd (ASN: 1786710), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 316th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Verdun, France, 10 November 1918. While his company was being held up by machine-gun fire. Corporal Kidd led his squad, in spite of a severe leg wound, against the machine-gun, killing the gunner, and clearing the way for the advance of his company.