Forest G. Jeffery
Home Town: Newport, AR
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 22, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Forest G. Jeffery, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action north of Cunel, France, October 20, 1918. At a time when his platoon was held up by machine- gun fire from the front, Private Jeffery with two other comrades went forward and attacked the machine-gun position from the flank, capturing one officer, two sergeants, and six privates, and enabling his platoon to further advance without loss of men.