Paul Jeffords
Home Town: Kansas City, KS
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 89, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Paul Jeffords, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Baulny Ridge, France, September 28, 1918. After gallantly leading a section of the line in an advance, Corporal Jeffords was wounded in several places by machine-gun bullets, while he was taking position for the squad, but he refused medical attention and continued to display unusual fortitude until he died several minutes later.