Charles William Thompson

Sergeant, 1979177, Machine Gun Company, 120th Infantry, 30th Division

Distinguished-Service Cross. General Orders, No. 44, War department, 1919: Near Vaux-Andigny, France, October 11, 1918: When his machine-gun position on the flank of the line became untenable, he crawled twenty yards in front of the position and opened fire with his rifle, covering the withdrawal of the crew and thereby saving both gun and crew from capture.

Military Medal (Great Britian). List No. 40, British War Office, July 18, 1919. No specific citation of record.

Record. Born October 10, 1895, Lynnville; son of Charles and Flora (Woods) Thompson. Farmer, Lynnville. Entered service October 3, 1917, Boonville. Training: Camp Taylor, Kentucky; Camp Sevier, South Carolina; Camp Merritt, New Jersey. Assigned to Company A, 335th Infantry; transferred to Machine Gun Company, 120th Infantry. Corporal, July 8, 1918; sergeant, October 4, 1918. Overseas May 17, 1918 - February 1, 1919. Battles: Flanders, Mount Kemmel, Cambrai, St. Quentin, Vaux-Andigny, La Selle River. Wounded October 23, 1918. Discharged May 29, 1919.

Married Madge Richnor. Daughers, Doris, Margarete.        Evansville.