Claude A. Coram

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Claude A. Coram, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, and Nauroy, France, September 29, 1918, and near Premont, France, October 9, 1918. When his platoon was held up by enemy artillery fire, Private Coram, a runner, succeeded in passing through the severe fire and establishing liaison with the infantry nearby. On October 9th, he again showed unusual coolness in carrying a message through a wood containing numerous enemy snipers and machine guns.