Thomas Edward Jones

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas Edward Jones, First Lieutenant (Medical Corps), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Binarville, France, September 27, 1918. Lieutenant Jones went into an open area subjected to direct machinegun fire to care for a wounded soldier who was being carried by another officer. While dressing the wounded runner, a machinegun bullet passed between his arms and his chest and a man was killed within a few yards of him.