Mat A. Kohn
Home Town: Wabasha, MN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Mat A. Kohn, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Hearne, Belgium, November 4, 1918. Corporal Kohn went through heavy shell and machine-gun fire for a distance of 100 yards and carried a wounded comrade to safety.