Name:
Charles Denton Priest
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
Unit:
358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-19
State:
Iowa
Cemetery:
San Jacinto Valley Cemetery San Jacinto, Riverside County, California
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Distinguished Service Cross
Comments:
Chaplain Priest was posthumously awarded the DSC for : extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division, A.E.F., near Les Huit Chemins, France, 29 September 1918. Chaplain Priest 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.
From Find a grave:
WW1 KIA. Attended Drake University and became a minister of the Christian Church in Blockton, Iowa, where he met his wife. He and his brother, Edwin Stephen, became chaplains in the U.S, Army.