Carter R. Koon

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Carter R. Koon, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action south of Soissons, France, July 20, 1918. Private Koon volunteered and obtained the permission of his company commander to pass through an area then under heavy shell fire for the purpose of recovering wounded comrades. He made two trips successfully, but on his third trip he was mortally wounded.