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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    313th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    79th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 26, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 78 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Captain (Infantry) Harry Ingersoll, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Montfaucon, France, 26 September 1918. Captain Ingersoll showed absolute disregard for personal danger in leading his company in an attack against an enemy position, strongly entrenched and protected by barbed wire entanglements. Although he was killed at the enemy wire by machine-gun fire, his men, inspired by his courage, carried on the attack and took the enemy position, which had been holding up the advance.