Ralph E. Knauff
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 15, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ralph E. Knauff, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Mont St. Martin, France, August 19, 1918. Seeing another soldier fall seriously wounded, Private Knauff ran to his assistance and, under heavy shell fire, carried him to safety.
