World War I United States Army Officer. He served as a Captain in Company H, 313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, AEF. He was killed in action in France on September 27, 1918, and lies buried in Plot E, Row 20, Grave 39 of the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France.
He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
His family erected a cenotaph for him in the Church of the Messiah Cemetery, Gwynedd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. From his citation" For extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, A.E.F., near Montfaucon, France, 26 September 1918. Captain Ingersoll showed absolute disregard for personal danger in leading his company in an attack against an enemy position, strongly entrenched and protected by barbed wire entanglements. Although he was killed at the enemy wire by machine-gun fire, his men, inspired by his courage, carried on the attack and took the enemy position, which had been holding up the advance."
He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
His family erected a cenotaph for him in the Church of the Messiah Cemetery, Gwynedd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. From his citation" For extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, A.E.F., near Montfaucon, France, 26 September 1918. Captain Ingersoll showed absolute disregard for personal danger in leading his company in an attack against an enemy position, strongly entrenched and protected by barbed wire entanglements. Although he was killed at the enemy wire by machine-gun fire, his men, inspired by his courage, carried on the attack and took the enemy position, which had been holding up the advance."
World War I United States Army Officer. He served as a Captain in Company H, 313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, AEF. He was killed in action in France on September 27, 1918, and lies buried in Plot E, Row 20, Grave 39 of the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France.
He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
His family erected a cenotaph for him in the Church of the Messiah Cemetery, Gwynedd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. From his citation" For extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, A.E.F., near Montfaucon, France, 26 September 1918. Captain Ingersoll showed absolute disregard for personal danger in leading his company in an attack against an enemy position, strongly entrenched and protected by barbed wire entanglements. Although he was killed at the enemy wire by machine-gun fire, his men, inspired by his courage, carried on the attack and took the enemy position, which had been holding up the advance."
He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
His family erected a cenotaph for him in the Church of the Messiah Cemetery, Gwynedd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. From his citation" For extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, A.E.F., near Montfaucon, France, 26 September 1918. Captain Ingersoll showed absolute disregard for personal danger in leading his company in an attack against an enemy position, strongly entrenched and protected by barbed wire entanglements. Although he was killed at the enemy wire by machine-gun fire, his men, inspired by his courage, carried on the attack and took the enemy position, which had been holding up the advance."
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