Private Henry Lincoln Johnson was the first American to receive this in World War I.
Purple Heart
Medal of Honor
Croix de Guerre
Victoria Cross
Croix de Guerre. He belonged to the 369th U.S. Regiment, an all-black unit that American commanders attached to the French Army. Johnson, though wounded himself, attacked a group of Germans in hand-to-hand combat to rescue a wounded comrade. He became known as "Black Death."