Rufus E. Wiseman

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Rufus E. Wiseman, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, July 29, 1918, to August 2, 1918. Corporal Wiseman was in charge of a detail for carrying ammunition to a machine-gun section. He had performed his duties and had been given permission to withdraw to the rear, but he remained with his detail for four days on the firing line under a heavy bombardment and machine-gun fire, assisting the machine-gun crew. During these four days he was suffering from the effects of gas but refused to be evacuated.