Ray Williams

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ray Williams, Bugler, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vaux, France, October 8 – 12, 1918. Throughout this period Bugler Williams, acting as company runner, showed utter disregard for personal safety in carrying messages under fire. October 10, when the advance of his company was checked by enemy machine-gun and direct artillery fire, he carried a message of great importance to battalion headquarters and returned with an answer, through a hail of bullets and shells. He continued to carry messages until he dropped from sheer exhaustion and even then begged to be permitted to resume his duties.