John M. Lister
Home Town: San Francisco, CA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John M. Lister, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Waereghem, Belgium, October 31, 1918. When the progress of two front line companies had been stopped by the intense fire of enemy machine guns, and the enemy began to close in on these troops, Corporal Lister voluntarily assembled a squad of automatic riflemen and grenadiers and went forward to an exposed position, where he directed the fire of his squad until killed.