Frank J. Cohen

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank J. Cohen, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Baslieux, France, September 5, 1918. On duty with an officer at an observation post far in advance of the Infantry line, he exposed himself to heavy machine-gun fire to obtain stretcher and bandages when the officer was hit by a machine-gun bullet. The officer’s wound having proved fatal, Private Cohen, the following day, volunteered to go out and assist in bringing back the body, being constantly subjected to enemy fire.