Henry Ramsey
Home Town: New Bedford, MA
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 2, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry Ramsey, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action during the Argonne offensive, France, September 26 – 29, 1918. For three days Sergeant Ramsey kept his men well organized, and when he was gassed and severely wounded in the chest, insisted that other men more seriously wounded than he be removed from the field before he would permit anyone to assist him to the dressing station.
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry Ramsey, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near the Scheldt River, Belgium, October 31, 1918. When the advance of the front line was held up by fire from a machine-gun nest 300 yards to the front, Sergeant Ramsey, with two others, crossed the open field in the face of fire from enemy artillery, machine-guns and snipers. Charging the nest, they killed two of the crew, wounded two others and captured five, together with the gun.
