Daniel L. Jones

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Daniel L. Jones, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Baslieux, France, September 6, 1918. In command of a detachment of signal men in the crossing of the Vesle River, Sergeant Jones was severely gassed while transmitting an important message to the rear. He, however, continued with his message the entire distance to the Regimental Headquarters, where he arrived exhausted and suffering severely from burns and gas inhalation. Although tagged at the dressing station for evacuation, he refused to be evacuated and returned to the front line, later bringing three other men blinded by gas to the rear. Sergeant Jones subsequently died from the injuries received.