Joseph J. Coff
Home Town: St. Louis, MO
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph J. Coff, Bugler, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Very, France, September 26, 1918. Bugler Coff was a member of liaison group, who worked their way 1, 000 yards in advance of their first wave. Surrounded by enemy machine-guns, Bugler Coff, accompanied by two more soldiers, silenced two machine guns and took 23 prisoners. Seriously gassed he persisted in remaining in the fight, until exhausted.
