Herbert Arnold Cohn (Aka: Herbert A. Cone)

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Herbert Arnold Cohn, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action east of Montfaucon, France, September 26, 1918. Lieutenant Cohn led the assault wave forward through heavy machine gun fire in an attack against a strongly defended enemy position. He was forced to pass through barbed-wire entanglements before entering the enemy trenches. While exposing himself to intense machine-gun fire, he was badly wounded, but his command, inspired by his gallant example, gained and held the objective sought.