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First Name: Henry

Last Name: Ruland

Birthplace: Giddings, TX, USA

Gender: Male

Branch: Army (1784 - present)



Home of Record: Brenham, TX
Middle Name: F.



Date of Birth: 01 July 1892

Date of Death: 24 November 1971

Rank: Private

Years Served: 1917-1919
Henry Frank Ruland

   
Engagements:
•  World War I (1914 - 1918)

Biography:

Henry Frank Ruland

Private, U. S. Army

Distinguished Service Cross

GENERAL ORDERS:
War Department, General Orders 98 (1919)
CITATION:
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 Private Henry F. Ruland (ASN: 2240721), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 357th Ambulance Company, 315th Sanitary Train, 90th Division, A.E.F., near Vilcey-sur-Trey, France, 12 September 1918.
With another soldier, Private Ruland left the shelter of a wood and went forward to rescue a soldier who had fallen wounded on a hill under constant machine-gun and shell fire. While they were carrying him back on a litter he was again wounded and the litter was struck twice by machine-gun bullets, but they succeeded in carrying him back to safety, thereby saving his life.

On 2 July 1919 awarded the French Croix de Guerre with gilt star



Origin of Nickname/Handle:

Texas WWI Exceptional Gallantry

Honoree ID: 315919   Created by: drjones46

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