Carl O. Jones
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Home Town: Kannapolis, NC
Status: KIA
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Carl O. Jones, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montbrehain, France, October 8, 1918. Crawling to the flanks of a German machine-gun nest, Private Jones covered the crew with his rifle from a distance of 30 yards and captured 12 of the enemy. This gallant soldier was subsequently killed in action.