James T. Jenkins

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James T. Jenkins, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Nantillois, France, October 5, 1918. Patrolling by himself, in front of the line, Sergeant Jenkins came upon a machine-gun emplacement manned by a German officer and three men. He wounded the officer and one soldier by rifle fire, captured the other two men, and took them with the machine-gun to the rear.