Joseph Biwan
Home Town: Sheboygan, WI
General Orders No. No. 139, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph Biwan, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at St. Gilles, near Fismes, France, August 4 – 5, 1918. Throughout two days Private First Class Biwan maintained the telephone lines running into battalion headquarters, making frequent repairs of the lines amid falling walls and heavy bombardment by both gas and high-explosive shells.
