Ralph Gibson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ralph Gibson, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Beaume, France, November 8, 1918. Sergeant Gibson, then private, led his platoon across a fire- swept zone in the advance of the objective, encouraging his men by his fearless example. On the same day he was placed in charge of two important reconnoitering patrols, whose mission was to locate enemy machine-gun positions that were known to be in the path of the advance of the company. He accomplished the mission, constantly exposed to enemy fire, and brought back important information.