Gordon A. Ramey
Home Town: Mississippi County, Arkansas
Status: KIA
U.S. Army Air Forces-Mediterranean Theater of Operations, General Orders No. 42 (1945)
The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Gordon A. Ramey (0-753547), First Lieutenant (Air Corps), U.S. Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy in action against enemy forces on 10 November 1944, in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. First Lieutenant Ramey’s unquestionable valor in aerial combat, at the cost of his life, is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces.