Wilson H. Leiter
Home Town: Harrisburg, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 50, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Wilson H. Leiter, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fismette, France, August 11, 1918. While his company was withdrawing to a place of safety Private Leiter stopped in a most exposed position, and, picking up a badly wounded man, he continued in the withdrawal until the point of assembly was reached, at which time he brought him to a dressing station.