Medal of Honor
1918-10-31
near Bois-de-Bantheville, France
- Rank at action
- Private First Class
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- World War I
- Unit or command
- Company L, 354th Infantry, 89th Division
- Presentation date
- December 31, 1919
The Citation
Sources ↓Learning that 2 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 2 trips 500 yards beyond our lines, under constant machinegun fire, and rescued 2 wounded officers.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Charles Denver Barger — current recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-25
current identity, service, rank, unit, action metadata, and recipient-profile citation match
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000292
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-25
- Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
- 20
- Entered service at
- Stotts City, Mo.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- fe956d50998e8aeb8cc11c593e014555beccd2e41abea9cc15a4805028f2e77b
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered-profile variants and editorial normalizations are documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile confirms this record as a World War I award, not World War II, and supplies Company L, 354th Infantry, 89th Division and the Bois-de-Bantheville action place. Legacy full citation text and row provenance retained; General Order comparison remains pending.