Henry Hiser

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry Hiser, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Avocourt, France, September 26, 1918. When the advance of his platoon was held up by fire from a hostile machine-gun nest, Private Hiser advanced alone ahead of the platoon, worked his way around the flank and rear, and single-handed killed the officer in command and a gunner and captured 15 prisoners, thereby enabling his platoon to advance.