WWI · Battle Death Record
Osmond Ingram
Gunner's Mate First Class, U.S. Navy · Alabama
Medal of Honor
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Osmond Ingram
- Entered the Service From
- Alabama
- Rank
- Gunner's Mate First Class
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Unit / Regiment
- USS Cassin (DD-43)
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- October 15, 1917
- Awards
- Medal of Honor
- Burial / Memorial
- Commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing, Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial
- Grave
- Tablets of the Missing
Their story
On 15 October 1917, while serving aboard USS Cassin (DD-43) off the coast of Ireland, Gunner's Mate First Class Osmond Kelly Ingram sighted a torpedo fired by the German submarine U-61 heading toward the ship's stern where depth charges were stored. He rushed aft to jettison the depth charges to prevent a catastrophic explosion but was blown overboard and killed when the torpedo struck. He was the first U.S. Navy enlisted sailor killed in action in World War I and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor; his body was never recovered.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
This record is one of more than 200,000 in our historical archive. Some information may have been corrupted or lost over decades of data conversion. Corrections are welcome — please contact the archive.