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Gunner's Mate
First Class Ingram earned the Medal of Honor for heroism while
at sea aboard the U.S.S. Cassin, when it was torpedoed near Mind
Head, Ireland. 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.
