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 Rancy Ray Kain (ASN: 279193), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the woods north of Cierges, France, 1 August 1918. In an attack on the woods occupied by the enemy north of Cierges to clear out machine guns and snipers, Sergeant Kain was in charge of a platoon. Seeing two machine-gun nests and no officer being present to take command, he directed his platoon in such a manner as to silence the machine-guns, killing four of the enemy. He also silenced another machine-gun located in a tree, and personally brought down the operator.