Jesse S. Deakins
Home Town: St. Joseph, MO
General Orders No. 72, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Jesse S. Deakins, Mechanic, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action south of Soissons, France, July 18, 1918. Mechanic Deakins voluntarily proceeded with four other men the distance of about 400 yards in advance of our line and attacked a superior force of the enemy who were attempting to man a machine gun in a disabled French tank. Due to this bold attack the enemy was driven off and the tank retaken. Company A, 18th Infantry, was thereby enabled to continue the advance with slight loss.
