Born: January 10, 1884 First Lieutenant, United States Army
OBSERVER, 99TH AERO SQUADRON (ATTACHED), 146TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT, AIR SERVICE, AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES
Home or Place or Enlistment: Lewiston, Idaho Killed in Action: September 13, 1918
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS CITATION
Awarded for Actions During World War I Service: Army Air Service; Battalion: 99th Aero Squadron (Attached) Division: American Expeditionary Forces GENERAL ORDERS: War Department, General Orders No. 126 (1919)
CITATION: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant (Field Artillery) Raymond C. Hill, United States Army Air Service, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 99th Aero Squadron (Attached), 146th Field Artillery Regiment, U.S. Army Air Service, A.E.F., near Lachaussee, France, 13 September 1918. First Lieutenant Hill, with First Lieutenant Clarence C. Kahle, pilot, were directed to take photographs of the old Hindenburg line. They were accompanied by two protecting planes. After they had taken some photographs the protecting planes were driven off by hostile aircraft, but Lieutenant Hill and his pilot continued on their mission alone, until in the vicinity of Lachaussee they were attacked by an enemy formation of nine planes. Putting up a gallant fight against these overwhelming odds, he was shot through the heart and killed, but his pilot, by his pluck, determination, skill, and courage, brought the photographs and the plane to our lines.