Percy H. Jones
Home Town: Buffalo Junction, VA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 35, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Percy H. Jones, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Consenvoye, France, October 9, 1918. After two other soldiers had been killed and one wounded in attempts to rescue their wounded platoon leader, Private Jones went forward under heavy machine-gun fire and carried his lieutenant to a place of safety.