Daniel Joseph Coleman

The Navy Cross is awarded to Seaman Daniel Joseph Coleman, U.S. Navy (Reserve Forces), for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty while serving on the U.S.S. Alcedo, when that vessel was torpedoed and sunk on November 5, 1917. After abandoning the ship Coleman had succeeded in getting on a crowded life raft, when another man approached the raft, Coleman, without hesitation, slipped off the raft and swam away in search of another raft or life boat, abandoning his place to another. He eventually found other support and was saved.