Wilbur C. Suiter

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Wilbur C. Suiter, First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vilcey-sur-Trey, France, September 12, 1918. First Lieutenant Suiter, with Second Lieutenant Guy E. Morse, observer, fearlessly volunteered for the perilous mission of locating the enemy’s advance unit in the rear of the Hindenburg line. Disregarding the hail of machine gun fire and bursting antiaircraft shell, they invaded the enemy territory at a low altitude and accomplished their mission, securing for our staff information of the greatest importance. These two gallant officers at once returned to the lines and undertook another reconnaissance mission, from which they failed to return.