Ray C. Dickop
Home Town: Beloit, WI
General Orders No. No. 117, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ray C. Dickop, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the attack on Fismes, France, August 4, 1918. On reaching Chezelles Farm, First Lieutenant Dickop was shot in the head, body and legs. Although thus fatally wounded, when orders came for another assault, he gave the command “Charge” to his company and led the assault until he fell dead.
