William Jesse Blythe
Home Town: Chino, CA
General Orders No. No. 125, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William Jesse Blythe, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action east of Belleau, France, July 21, 1918. Lieutenant Blythe, with two enlisted men, charged a machine-gun nest, captured two machine guns, and killed or captured 12 of the enemy.
