Herbert J. Jones
Home Town: Dresden, TN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 87, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Herbert J. Jones, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Coullemelle, France, July 4, 1918. During a heavy enemy bombardment, Lieutenant Jones exposed himself fearlessly to go to the assistance of a wounded soldier, being killed by shell fire while engaged in this heroic action