Unit/Command: Company L, 354th Infantry, 89th Division
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: October 31, 1918
Medal of Honor Action Place: near Bois-de-Bantheville, France
Citation
Learning that two daylight patrols had been caught out in No Man's Land and were unable to return, Pfc. Barger and another stretcher bearer upon their own initiative made two trips 500 yards beyond our lines, under constant machine-gun fire, and rescued two wounded officers.
Medal of Honor Recipient Charles D. Barger
Additional Details
Accredited to: Stotts City, Lawrence County, Missouri
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: February 9, 1919 Chaumont, France - presented by General John J. Pershing
Born: June 3, 1892, Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, MO, United States
Died: November 25, 1936, Kansas City, MO, United States
Buried: Blue Springs Cemetery (MH), Blue Springs, MO, United States