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 Corporal Ernest Ray Rumbaugh (ASN: 1521961), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 146th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Montfaucon, France, 27 September 1918. Corporal Rumbaugh, with an officer and noncommissioned officer, advanced 200 yards beyond the objective of the patrol in the face of heavy machine-gun fire and captured three 77-millimeter field-pieces and two light machine guns.