Ralph P. Borst
Home Town: Syracuse, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ralph P. Borst, Regimental Supply Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Crezancy, France, July 15, 1918. Hearing that the wounded at a dressing station had no means of evacuation, Sergeant Borst took four escort wagons over shell-swept territory and carried the men to an ambulance station. He then established ambulance service between this point and his battalion dressing station.