USMA Class of 1915. Cullum No. 5388.
On December 18, 1916 as Sidney Carroll Graves, he married Irene Laughlin in El Paso County, Texas.
Their marriage ended in divorce in December 1920 in El Paso County, Texas.
On February 3, 1921, he married Olga Roosevelt Bayne in New York City, who died in 1962.
On November 17, 1962 he married Ingrid Gundersen Macy (1903-1984) at St. Margaret's Church in the District of Columbia.
He was the son of Major General William S. Graves, USMA Class of 1888 and was born at Fort Logan, Colorado, which is now part of the city of Englewood in Arapahoe County, Colorado. After graduation in 1915, he became a Lieutenant in the 16th Infantry, which was part of the 1916 expedition to Mexico. During World War I, he led the first American raid against the German lines. His awards included two awards of the Distinguished Service Cross for World War I and the Russian Campaign, an award of the British Distinguished Service Order, two French Croix de Guerre and the Serbian Order of the White Eagle with Swords. After his return to the United States he was assigned to the staff of the commanding general of the Siberian Expedition. In 1920, he resigned as a Major in the infantry. As a civilian he entered the real estate and insurance field.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Major (Infantry), [then Captain] Sidney Carroll Graves, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, A.E.F., in the Bois-de-Fontaine, France, 29 April 1918. Having located an enemy machine gun in front of his position, Major Graves, with three men, voluntarily crawled out to the position of the machine gun, in full view and within 100 yards of the enemy lines, shot the gunner, killed the rest of the crew with grenades, and returned with his party without a casualty.
On December 18, 1916 as Sidney Carroll Graves, he married Irene Laughlin in El Paso County, Texas.
Their marriage ended in divorce in December 1920 in El Paso County, Texas.
On February 3, 1921, he married Olga Roosevelt Bayne in New York City, who died in 1962.
On November 17, 1962 he married Ingrid Gundersen Macy (1903-1984) at St. Margaret's Church in the District of Columbia.
He was the son of Major General William S. Graves, USMA Class of 1888 and was born at Fort Logan, Colorado, which is now part of the city of Englewood in Arapahoe County, Colorado. After graduation in 1915, he became a Lieutenant in the 16th Infantry, which was part of the 1916 expedition to Mexico. During World War I, he led the first American raid against the German lines. His awards included two awards of the Distinguished Service Cross for World War I and the Russian Campaign, an award of the British Distinguished Service Order, two French Croix de Guerre and the Serbian Order of the White Eagle with Swords. After his return to the United States he was assigned to the staff of the commanding general of the Siberian Expedition. In 1920, he resigned as a Major in the infantry. As a civilian he entered the real estate and insurance field.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Major (Infantry), [then Captain] Sidney Carroll Graves, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, A.E.F., in the Bois-de-Fontaine, France, 29 April 1918. Having located an enemy machine gun in front of his position, Major Graves, with three men, voluntarily crawled out to the position of the machine gun, in full view and within 100 yards of the enemy lines, shot the gunner, killed the rest of the crew with grenades, and returned with his party without a casualty.
USMA Class of 1915. Cullum No. 5388.
On December 18, 1916 as Sidney Carroll Graves, he married Irene Laughlin in El Paso County, Texas.
Their marriage ended in divorce in December 1920 in El Paso County, Texas.
On February 3, 1921, he married Olga Roosevelt Bayne in New York City, who died in 1962.
On November 17, 1962 he married Ingrid Gundersen Macy (1903-1984) at St. Margaret's Church in the District of Columbia.
He was the son of Major General William S. Graves, USMA Class of 1888 and was born at Fort Logan, Colorado, which is now part of the city of Englewood in Arapahoe County, Colorado. After graduation in 1915, he became a Lieutenant in the 16th Infantry, which was part of the 1916 expedition to Mexico. During World War I, he led the first American raid against the German lines. His awards included two awards of the Distinguished Service Cross for World War I and the Russian Campaign, an award of the British Distinguished Service Order, two French Croix de Guerre and the Serbian Order of the White Eagle with Swords. After his return to the United States he was assigned to the staff of the commanding general of the Siberian Expedition. In 1920, he resigned as a Major in the infantry. As a civilian he entered the real estate and insurance field.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Major (Infantry), [then Captain] Sidney Carroll Graves, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, A.E.F., in the Bois-de-Fontaine, France, 29 April 1918. Having located an enemy machine gun in front of his position, Major Graves, with three men, voluntarily crawled out to the position of the machine gun, in full view and within 100 yards of the enemy lines, shot the gunner, killed the rest of the crew with grenades, and returned with his party without a casualty.
On December 18, 1916 as Sidney Carroll Graves, he married Irene Laughlin in El Paso County, Texas.
Their marriage ended in divorce in December 1920 in El Paso County, Texas.
On February 3, 1921, he married Olga Roosevelt Bayne in New York City, who died in 1962.
On November 17, 1962 he married Ingrid Gundersen Macy (1903-1984) at St. Margaret's Church in the District of Columbia.
He was the son of Major General William S. Graves, USMA Class of 1888 and was born at Fort Logan, Colorado, which is now part of the city of Englewood in Arapahoe County, Colorado. After graduation in 1915, he became a Lieutenant in the 16th Infantry, which was part of the 1916 expedition to Mexico. During World War I, he led the first American raid against the German lines. His awards included two awards of the Distinguished Service Cross for World War I and the Russian Campaign, an award of the British Distinguished Service Order, two French Croix de Guerre and the Serbian Order of the White Eagle with Swords. After his return to the United States he was assigned to the staff of the commanding general of the Siberian Expedition. In 1920, he resigned as a Major in the infantry. As a civilian he entered the real estate and insurance field.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Major (Infantry), [then Captain] Sidney Carroll Graves, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, A.E.F., in the Bois-de-Fontaine, France, 29 April 1918. Having located an enemy machine gun in front of his position, Major Graves, with three men, voluntarily crawled out to the position of the machine gun, in full view and within 100 yards of the enemy lines, shot the gunner, killed the rest of the crew with grenades, and returned with his party without a casualty.
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