Otto T. Wischmeier
Home Town: West Burlington, IA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Otto T. Wischmeier, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Busigny, France, October 9, 1918. Voluntarily accompanying a party sent out to attack machine-gun posts, Private Wischmier, armed only with a rifle and bayonet, entered an enemy dugout alone and captured a number of Germans.