William Liniger

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William Liniger, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Romagne, France, October 9, 1918. After all the officers of his company had been killed or wounded an attack by his platoon was ordered on an enemy machine-gun nest. Receiving a mortal wound in the attack, which, captured the enemy nest, Sergeant Liniger struggled on until the objective had been reached, encouraging his men and setting them an example of his bravery.