Jabez G. Gholston
Home Town: Woodland, MS
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Jabez G. Gholston, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fontaines, France, November 7, 1918. Captain Gholston personally led several of his platoons against machine guns on the flank of the attacking battalion and reduced that resistance. He was wounded by shellfire upon reaching the objective, but remained with his company until the position had been organized and an advance upon a new objective begun.
