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 Ray LeGrande Hughitson Ingalls (ASN: 1040244), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery E, 11th Field Artillery, 6th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Laneuville, France, October 6 – 7, 1918. Sergeant Ingalls displayed conspicuous leadership in handling his section under heavy shell fire. When he was wounded by a bursting shell he first ascertained the damage done to his section by the shell before proceeding to the dressing station, taking another wounded man with him.