Arthur H. Koch
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders 98, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur H. Koch, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fey-en-Haye, France, September 12, 1918. With the help of only one other soldier corporal Koch successfully attacked a German machine-gun nest from the flank, killing 7 Germans, wounding 1, and capturing 3 machine guns.