Carroll J. Coleman

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Carroll J. Coleman, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Grand Pre, France, October 17, 1918, and November 1, 1918. With another soldier, Private Coleman went out twenty-five yards in advance of the front line, under severe shell and machine-gun fire, and carried to shelter a wounded comrade. After administering first aid, they carried him four kilometers to the dressing station across fields exposed to heavy hostile fire. On November 1, Private Coleman went through heavy artillery and machine-gun fire and assisted in carrying his commanding officer, who had been wounded, to the Aid Station. Upon his return, though nearly exhausted, he volunteered to go back with an ammunition detail.