Ray L. H. Ingalls
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ray L. H. Ingalls, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Laneuville, France, October 6 – 7, 1918. Sergeant Ingalls displayed conspicuous leadership in handling his section under heavy shell fire. When he was wounded by a bursting shell he first ascertained the damage done to his section by the shell before proceeding to the dressing station, taking another wounded man with him.