Rancy R. Kain

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Rancy R. Kain, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the woods north of Cierges, France, August 1, 1918. In an attack on the woods occupied by the enemy north of Cierges to clear out machine guns and snipers, Sergeant Kain was in charge of a platoon. Seeing two machine-gun nests and no officer being present to take command, he directed his platoon in such a manner as to silence the machine-guns, killing four of the enemy. He also silenced another machine-gun located in a tree, and personally brought down the operator.