Charles Edward Hollis

Private first class, 3531332, Company I, 16th Infantry, 1st Division

Silver Star. General Orders NO. 5, Headquarters 1st Infantry Brigade, A. E. F., Selters, Germany, June 1, 1919; The following officers and men are cited for gallant and courageous conduct during their participation in one of the four major operations of this division:  Montdidier-Noyon defensive, Aisne-Marne offensive, St. Mihiel offensive, Meuse-Argonne offensive: 16th Infantry....Company I.......Private Charles E. Hollis......By command of Brigadier General Parker: J. W. Crissy, Major, Infantry, U. S. Army, Brigade Adjutant.

Record. Born May 17, 1887, Madison; son of Edward Lewis and Mollie (Haas) Hollis. Plasterer, Madison. Entered service June 25, 1918, Madison. Training: Camp Sherman, Ohio; Camp Mills, N.Y.; Razac, France. Assigned to Company C, 334th Infantry; transferred to Company I, 16th Infantry. Private first class, September 18, 1918; private, October 18, 1918. Overseas September 2, 1918 - September 3, 1919. Battles: Meuse-Argonne. In Army of Occupation. Discharged September 6, 1919.

Madison.