Name of Award
Navy Medal of Honor

Year Awarded
1917

Awarded for actions during the World War I

The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to Gunner's Mate First Class Osmond Kelly Ingram, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in the presence of the enemy on the occasion of the torpedoing of the U.S.S. CASSIN, off the coast near Mind Head, Ireland, on 15 October 1917. While the CASSIN was searching for the submarine, Gunner's Mate First Class 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.

Action Date: 15-Oct-17
Service: Navy
Rank: Gunner's Mate First Class
Division: U.S.S. Cassin

Ingram, Osmond Kelly, GM1