John E. Ray
Home Town: Raleigh, NC
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John E. Ray, Captain (Medical Corps), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. Establishing his first-aid station in the front line, Captain Ray advanced with the infantry. He continued on with the troops, caring for the wounded, until he himself was so badly wounded that he was evacuated. He died from his wounds a few days later.
