Raymond D. Kempton
Home Town: Hackensack, NJ
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 130, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Raymond D. Kempton, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 12, 1918. Although severely wounded in the arm, Private Kempton refused to go to the rear, and after receiving first aid treatment rejoined his platoon under heavy shell fire and continued to fight until incapacitated by a second severe wound.