John L. Biser
Home Town: Hagerstown, MD
General Orders No. No. 139, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John L. Biser, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 9, 1918. While under intense machine-gun and artillery fire Private Biser disregarded his personal safety, administered first aid to a wounded comrade near him, and was instantly killed by a shell.
