Charles C. Rismiller
Home Town: Leesport, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 5, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles C. Rismiller, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Thibaut, France, August 5, 1918. Private Rismiller went forward exposed to intense rifle, machine-gun, and artillery fire and assisted a seriously wounded comrade to a place of safety, thus saving his life. In the performance of this gallant act Private Rismiller was mortally wounded.