Franklin J. Jackson
Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
General Orders No. No. 142, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Franklin J. Jackson, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action east of Ronssoy, France, September 29, 1918. During the operations against the Hindenburg line Lieutenant Jackson, trench-mortar officer of his regiment, twice volunteered to go forward under heavy shell and machine-gun fire on a personal reconnaissance. While gallantly and courageously engaged in the second reconnaissance he was killed.
