Coats, Charles Clancy
Private first class, 1113368, 9th Field Signal Battalion, 5th Division.
Silver Star. General Orders No. 11, headquarters 9th Infantry brigade, December 31, 1918: the following named enlisted men are cited in orders for distinguished conduct in action:................Private first class Charles C. Coats............In the Meuse-Argonne offensive the foregoing named men, all of the 9th Field Signal Battalion on duty with the 6th Infantry, displayed conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, maintaining in the face of enemy fire the several means of communication at all times. By command of Brigadier General Castner: Ray K. Chalfant, Major and Adjutant.
Record. Born May 24, 1895, Marion; son of Charles Elam and Harriet Larenda (Lugar) Coats. Clerk, Marion, Entered service January 21, 1918, Marion. Training: Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Assigned to Company C, 9th Field Signal Battalion. Private first class, November 16, 1918. Overseas April 30, 1918 - July 28, 1919. Battles: Anould, St. Die, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne. Discharged August 4, 1919.
Married Edith Elvira Osterberg. Gary.