Leroy Jones

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Leroy Jones, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 8, 1918. While his platoon was being held up by machinegun fire, Private Jones voluntarily left his position and, crawling through intense machinegun fire, he single-handed captured two machine guns, killing four of the enemy and taking both crews.