William J. Ingold

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William J. Ingold, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cantigny, France, June 3, 1918. While posting a listening post, Sergeant Ingold encountered a hostile patrol of about forty men. He attacked the Germans, although armed only with a pistol, and, killing an officer and one soldier, routed the enemy. Carrying the body of the officer, he had just returned to our lines when a raid was attempted by the Germans. Running to the scene of action, he killed two more Germans, aiding materially in routing the raiding party.