Edward G. Coxe
Home Town: New York, NY
General Orders No. No. 116, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward G. Coxe, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Ferme de Meurcy, near Villers-sur-Fere, France, July 28, 1918. Private Coxe continued to care for the wounded under heavy machine-gun and artillery fire after he himself was severely injured. He has since died as a result of the wounds received in action.
