Jesse L. King
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Jesse L. King, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Gesnes, France, September 26, 1918. Corporal King, together with two other soldiers, captured three enemy machine guns and 26 prisoners.
