The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Ralyn M. Hill (ASN: 1381313), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 7 October 1918, while serving with Company H, 129th Infantry, 33d Division, in action at Donnevoux, France. Seeing a French airplane fall out of control on the enemy side of the Meuse River with its pilot injured, Corporal Hill voluntarily dashed across the footbridge to the side of the wounded man and, taking him on his back, started back to his lines. During the entire exploit he was subjected to murderous fire of enemy machineguns and artillery, but he successfully accomplished his mission and brought his man to a place of safety, a distance of several hundred yards.