William F. Cochran
Home Town: Gulfport, MS
Status: KIA
General Orders 70, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William F. Cochran, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois-de-Rappes, France, October 14, 1918. Disregarding his own personal safety, Sergeant Cochran assisted in reorganizing his company under heavy machine-gun and artillery fire and leading it against machine-gun nests, which were holding up the advance of his battalion. He was killed in action during this engagement.
