Walter S. Witt

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter S. Witt, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in Bois-de- Bantheville, France, October 22, 1918. Although wounded in the face by machine-gun fire, Sergeant Witt refused to go to the first-aid station for treatment, remaining with his platoon throughout the engagement, until the objective was reached and the position consolidated.