Norman Koleman
Home Town: Lansing, MI
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 98, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Norman Koleman, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Les Pres Farm, France, August 9, 1918. Sergeant Koleman had just returned with his gun crew to their dugout, after maintaining fire for twelve hours, under heavy bombardment, when a shell of large caliber struck directly over the dugout, killing or wounding the entire crew. Regardless of the fact that he himself had been wounded in nine places, Sergeant Koleman immediately walked and crawled to the nearest helter to secure aid for this men.