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Benjamin
Rice
Lacy
Jr.
1886-07-30

–

1981-08-03

Born:

Raleigh

, 

North Carolina

Home:

Raleigh

, 

North Carolina

Buried: 

Hampden Sydney

, 

Virginia

Cemetery:

Union Presbyterian Seminary Cemetery

Benjamin Lacy’s grandfather, Drury Lacy, was a Civil War Chaplain. Benjamin Lacy attended college at Davidson College, where he was the star quarterback on the schoolÕs football team. He graduated with a degree in history in 1906. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Worcester College, Oxford University, from 1907 to 1910, and received a bachelor of arts degree in 1910 . In 1913, he received a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, and was awarded the Hoge Fellowship for the next school year. A Presbyterian minister, in 1917 he was commissioned a U.S. Army Chaplain, serving in World War I. A prodigious writer, he in 1943 he authored the book “Revival in the Midst of the Years.” He received honorary degrees from Davidson College, Duke University, Hampden-Sydney College, the University of Richmond, and The University of North Carolina.

Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Chaplain’s Corps)

    Regiment:

    113th Field Artillery Regiment

    Division:

    30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 26, 1918
    GHQ, American Expeditionary Forces, Citation Orders No. 3 (June 3, 1919)

    By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), First Lieutenant (Chaplain’s Corps) Benjamin Rice Lacy, Jr., United States Army, is cited by the Commanding General, American Expeditionary Forces, for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. Chaplain Lacy distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving with the 113th Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Forces, in action in Bois de Avocourt, France, 26 September 1918, in rendering aid to the wounded under heavy enemy fire.