Grover C. Rippetoe
Home Town: Charleston, WV
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 15, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Grover C. Rippetoe, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 18 – 22, 1918. After all the other officers of his company had been killed First Lieutenant Rippetoe took command, attacked a machine-gun nest, and captured the gun with its crew. Gassed and suffering from shell shock, he refused to quit his post until the company was relieved.