Mathew Jenkins

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Mathew Jenkins, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vauxaillon, France, September 20, 1918. Sergeant Jenkins was in command of a detachment and was ordered to attack the German line. After rescuing, under fire, a wounded comrade, he charged with his detachment, took a fortified tunnel, and, though far in advance of our lines and without rations and ammunition, held the position for more than 36 hours, until relieved, making use of captured guns and ammunition to repel the counterattacks made upon him.