Ecman T. Jones
Home Town: Ottawa, KS
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 15, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ecman T. Jones, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 19, 1918. After being wounded Sergeant Jones refused to be evacuated, led his platoon in attack, and continued fighting until incapacitated by a second severe wound.