Ray Winters
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ray Winters, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Baulny, France, September 30, 1918. In the face of an enemy counterattack and while exposing himself to intense machine-gun and artillery fire, Sergeant Winters advanced 300 yards beyond our lines to rescue a wounded soldier. He administered first aid to the wounded man and then carried him back to our lines.
