The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Private Otto Frederick Wischmeier (ASN: 2154170), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Busigny, France, 9 October 1918. Voluntarily accompanying a party sent out to attack machine-gun posts, Private Wischmeier, armed only with a rifle and bayonet, entered an enemy dugout alone and captured a number of Germans.