Ira S. Parke

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ira S. Parke, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bony, France, September 29, 1918. Private Parke, a machine-gunner, although wounded three times during the crossing of the La Selle River and the capture of the heights beyond, refused to leave the field, and set a splendid example to his comrades.