Jesse Walton Wooldridge
Home Town: San Francisco, CA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 99, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Jesse Walton Wooldridge, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action east of Chateau-Thierry, France on July 15, 1918. With rare courage and conspicuous gallantry Captain Wooldridge led a counterattack against an enemy of five times his own numbers. 189 men entered this counterattack and 51 emerged untouched. More than 1,000 of the enemy were killed, wounded, or taken prisoners.