Ray E. Watson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ray E. Watson, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Nantillois, France, October 5, 1918. Although severely wounded, Lieutenant Watson continued to lead his platoon of the machine-gun company with great coolness and disregard of personal danger. When the attacking infantry dropped back in the face of heavy machine-gun fire, he held his position in front of them until they returned to the attack.