Paul E. Ramsey

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Paul E. Ramsey (33497522), Sergeant [then Technician Fifth Grade], U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company E, 376th Infantry Regiment, 94th Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces on 25 February 1945, in Germany. During an attack which knocked out two pill boxes in a strongly fortified enemy position near Ockfen, Germany, Sergeant Ramsey fearlessly exposed himself to intense enemy fire, evacuated the wounded commander of a tank and then directed fire of the tank and a rifle platoon on the third and last enemy pill box. When it became evident that it was too strongly fortified to be captured, he contacted the battalion commander by radio and skillfully followed his orders to effect a withdrawal. Sergeant Ramsey’s dauntless courage and intrepid leadership exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, the 94th Infantry Division, and the United States Army.