Ray C. Rolain
Home Town: Rhinelander, WI
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ray C. Rolain, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Juvigny, France, August 31, 1918. Sergeant Rolain attacked a machine-gun nest single-handed after the four soldiers accompanying him had been wounded. He killed the operator of one gun and captured the remainder of two gun crews and both guns.