INGRAM, OSMOND K. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Gunner's Mate First Class, U.S. Navy. Born: 4
August 1887, Alabama. Accredited to. Alabama. Citation: For extraordinary
heroism in the presence of the enemy on the occasion of the torpedoing
of the Cassin, on 15 October 1917. While the Cassin was searching for the
submarine, Ingram sighted the torpedo coming, and realizing that it might
strike the ship aft in the vicinity of the depth charges, ran aft with
the intention of releasing the depth charges before the torpedo could reach
the Cassin. The torpedo struck the ship before he could accomplish his
purpose and Ingram was killed by the explosion. The depth charges exploded
immediately afterward. His life was sacrificed in an attempt to save the
ship and his shipmates, as the damage to the ship would have been much
less if he had been able to release the depth charges.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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