William Verdier
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. No. 130, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William Verdier, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Fismes, France, August 12, 1918. Seeing a wounded soldier in an ambulance which had broken down while crossing a small bridge, in plain view of the enemy and under heavy artillery fire, Private Verdier went to his rescue, and assisted by another soldier, carried out the wounded man under intense shell fire 14 miles to a dressing station.
