William R. Ball
Home Town: Lindsay, OK
General Orders No. No. 128, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William R. Ball, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fey-en-Haye, France, September 9 – 17, 1918. Becoming separated from his patrol, Corporal Ball, with another soldier, attacked an enemy patrol and drove it off, though the number of their opponents was estimated at 50. He did excellent work with his platoon in the advance of September 12 north of Fey-en-Haye, in rushing machine-gun nests. On September 17 he was a member of an outpost attacked by a larger body of Germans. Though wounded, he remained at his post.
