Otto V. Couchot
Home Town: Dayton, OH
General Orders No. No. 3, W.D., 1921
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Otto V. Couchot, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 18, 1918. Sergeant Couchot voluntarily proceeded with four other men the distance of about 400 yards in advance of our line and attacked a superior force of the enemy who were attempting to man a machine gun in a disabled French tank. Due to this bold attack the enemy was driven off and the tank retaken. Company A, 18th Infantry, was thereby enabled to continue the advance with slight loss.
