The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Sergeant Ralph Gibson (ASN: 1402850), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 370th Infantry Regiment, 93d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Beaume, France, 8 November 1918. Sergeant Gibson, then private, led his platoon across a fire-swept zone in the advance of the objective, encouraging his men by his fearless example. On the same day he was placed in charge of two important reconnoitering patrols, whose mission was to locate enemy machine-gun positions that were known to be in the path of the advance of the company. He accomplished the mission, constantly exposed to enemy fire, and brought back important information.