Ernest R. Rumbaugh
Home Town: Holmesville, OH
General Orders No. No. 16, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ernest R. Rumbaugh, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montfaucon, France, September 27, 1918. Corporal Rumbaugh, with an officer and noncommissioned officer, advanced 200 yards beyond the objective of the patrol in the face of heavy machine-gun fire and captured three 77-millimeter field-pieces and two light machine guns.
