Coleman H. Van De Graff

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Coleman H. Van De Graff, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Villemontoire, France, July 21, 1918. On duty with the infantry as liaison officer, Lieutenant Van De Graff displayed marked courage in passing through an enemy artillery barrage several times, in carrying information to his battalion commander and administering aid to wounded men under heavy shell fire.