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 George J. Klier (ASN: 1830246), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 320th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Verdun, France, 11 October 1918. While his platoon was being forced back, Private Klier remained to bind up the wounds of a comrade, although he himself was suffering from a painful wound. He then refused to be taken to the rear until all the others had been evacuated.