William J. Bergen

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William J. Bergen, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while on duty as a litter bearer in action near Villers-sur-Fere, France, July 28, 1918. Private Bergen was killed while going into heavy machine-gun and shell fire to rescue the wounded. He had worked tirelessly and fearlessly throughout the attack on the enemy north of the River Ourcq