Ira S. Parke
Home Town: New York, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 53, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ira S. Parke, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bony, France, September 29, 1918. Private Parke, a machine-gunner, although wounded three times during the crossing of the La Selle River and the capture of the heights beyond, refused to leave the field, and set a splendid example to his comrades.