Abraham Cohan
Home Town: Needham, MA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 21, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Abraham Cohan, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, November 9, 1918. After three others had failed in the attempt and were wounded, Private Cohan went out under terrific machine-gun fire and gave first aid to a wounded soldier.