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 Wilson H. Leiter (ASN: 1245908), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 111th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Fismette, France, 11 August 1918. While his company was withdrawing to a place of safety Private Leiter stopped in a most exposed position, and, picking up a badly wounded man, he continued in the withdrawal until the point of assembly was reached, at which time he brought him to a dressing station.