Ralph W. Stine

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ralph W. Stine, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Forges, France, September 26, 1918. During the progress of the attack, Lieutenant Stine led a squad which wiped out six machine-gun nests and put the crews of five others to flight. At the last nest he met stubborn resistance and was instantly killed by a sniper while advancing upon it at close range.