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Ora
Jason
Cohee
April 4, 1884

–

November 25, 1960

Cemetery:

Mission Burial Park North

Ora Cohee received his A.B. degree from Wabash College, and his M.A. from Columbia University. He graduated from Union Theological Seminary and was ordained a Presbyterian minister. He was commissioned a U.S. Army Chaplain in 1916, and began his 30 year military career as a first lieutenant in World War I. He continued in military service after the war. In 1937 he was Post Chaplain at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. During World War II he was awarded the Legion of Merit for his service as Chief of Chaplains of the Eightieth Service Command, and as Theater Chaplain for the Pacific Ocean Areas. He retired as a U.S. Army colonel. He received an honorary D.D. degree from Daniel Baker College in 1942, and an honorary L.L.D. Degree from Texas Christian University in 1943.

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Chaplain’s Corps)

    Regiment:

    34th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    7th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    November 1 & 2,1918
    War Department, General Orders No. 35 (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 First Lieutenant (Chaplain’s Corps) Ora Jason Cohee, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 34th Infantry Regiment, 7th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Rembercourt, France, 1 and 2 November 1918. Chaplain Cohee worked untiringly, under constant artillery fire, for two days, in charge of the stretcher bearers, personally assisted in carrying wounded men to safety.