Ralph T. Trew
Home Town: Cleveland, OH
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ralph T. Trew, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Hearne, Belgium, October 4, 1918. Volunteering to construct a footbridge across the Scheldt River, Sergeant Trew crossed the stream in plain view of the enemy, under violent machine-gun fire, and, after the bridge had been completed, returned and led the first detachment of his regiment across.