Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Edgar
Gray
Swingle
KIA (WWI)
July 27, 1894

–

March 28, 1918

Cemetery:

Cedar Hill Cemetery (Cenotaph)

Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    6th Engineer Regiment

    Division:

    3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    March 27 – 28, 1918
    Headquarters, 3d Division, A.E.F., Citation Orders No. 22 (July 8, 1919)

    By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Sergeant Gray Swingle (ASN: 158265), United States Army, is cited (Posthumously) by the Commanding General, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the World War I Victory Medals awarded him. While serving with Company B, 6th Engineer Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, Sergeant Swingle displayed exceptional courage near Hamel, Somme, France, 27 – 28 March 1918. Sergeant Swingle was in charge of a patrol, and when one of the members of his command reported to him hearing suspicious noises in front of the trench, he ordered his patrol to retire and single-handed advanced in the direction of the noise. While engaged in this heroic work he was mortally wounded and died before he could be rescued. [A Distinguished Service Cross was awarded for this action.]

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    6th Engineer Regiment

    Division:

    3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    March 28, 1918
    War Department, General Orders No. 88 (1918)

    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 Sergeant Edgar Gray Swingle (ASN: 158265), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 6th Engineers, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bois-des-Tailoux, 28 March 1918. The patrol came under hostile machine-gun fire and Sergeant Swingle was mortally wounded. He gave instructions to the patrol to return to their company commander and ordered them to leave him, as the patrol was under fire and would all probably be wiped out. He died 28 March 1918.