Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    10th Field Artillery Regiment

    Division:

    3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 23 – 26, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 10 (1920)

    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 Ray Duty (ASN: 1038082), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery A, 10th Field Artillery, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, France, October 23 to 26, 1918. Corporal Duty volunteered and succeeded in carrying messages between the front line and advance P.C., when other runners failed to get through under severe fire of artillery and machine guns.