Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private First Class

    Regiment:

    311th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 17 & November 1, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 70 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Private First Class Carroll J. Coleman (ASN: 1764771), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 311th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Grand Pre, France, 17 October 1918, and 1 November 1918. With another soldier, Private Coleman went out twenty-five yards in advance of the front line, under severe shell and machine-gun fire, and carried to shelter a wounded comrade. After administering first aid, they carried him four kilometers to the dressing station across fields exposed to heavy hostile fire. On 1 November Private Coleman went through heavy artillery and machine-gun fire and assisted in carrying his commanding officer, who had been wounded, to the Aid Station. Upon his return, though nearly exhausted, he volunteered to go back with an ammunition detail.