Duncan K. Mcrae

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Duncan K. McRae, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Gesnes, France, October 11, 1918. Sergeant McRae took out a patrol for the purpose of ascertaining the position of the enemy and the location of machine-guns. Three of his men were killed, but he continued on over difficult terrain and returned with information of the highest value in subsequent operations.