Jesse A. James
Home Town: Madill, OK
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Jesse A. James, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Les Evaux, France, July 13, 1918. After many attempts to get patrols across the Marne had failed, Sergeant James alone swam the river, taking with Mm a wire, by which a boat containing two of his comrades was drawn across, without attracting the attention of the enemy.
