Leslie J. Jobes

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Leslie J. Jobes, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 8, 1918. Lieutenant Jobes, while in command of his platoon during an engagement of the 29th Division, Verdun sector, displayed exceptional bravery, disregarding his own safety and encouraging his men, both by words and action. While leading his platoon in an attack on a machine-gun nest he was instantly killed, but the attack begun by him continued and resulted in the machine-gun nests being captured.