Charles D. Priest - War Hero

PRIEST

Posted By: S. Ferrall (email)
Date: 8/3/2004 at 03:59:27

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
Charles D. Priest, first lieutenant, 358th Infantry. For extraordinary heroism in action near Lee Huit Chemins, France, September 29, 1918. He disregarded personal danger by going 600 yards beyond the front lines, and with the aid of a soldier carried back a wounded man to shelter.

Emergency address: Mrs. Wilma Priest, wife, 830 LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Residence at appointment: Collins, Iowa

-source: Official Register, State of Iowa 1921-1922, Twenty-Ninth Number, Military Decorations of Iowans in the World War, pg. 369

-transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall