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Royal
Eason
Ingersoll
June 20, 1883

–

May 20, 1976

Admiral Ingersoll graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1905. He was second in a line of three generations of distinguished Naval officers: his father, USNA Class of 1868, served in the Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War I, and his son, Lieutenant Royal Rodney Ingersoll II, Class of 1934, was killed in action on June 4, 1942, in the Battle of Midway, aboard the U.S.S. HORNET. Royal Ingersoll retired as a U.S. Navy Admiral.

Awards Received

  • Navy Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Commander

    Action Date:

    World War I

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Commander Royal Eason Ingersoll, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession in organizing, developing, and administering the Communication Office of the Navy Department during World War I.