Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private First Class

    Batallion:

    136th Machine-Gun Battalion

    Division:

    37th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 26, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 56 (1922)

    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 First Class Henry Lewis Hiser (ASN: 1524099), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 136th Machine-Gun Battalion, 37th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Avocourt, France, 26 September 1918. When the advance of his platoon was held up by fire from a hostile machine-gun nest, Private Hiser advanced alone ahead of the platoon, worked his way around the flank and rear, and single-handed killed the officer in command and a gunner and captured 15 prisoners, thereby enabling his platoon to advance.