The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Sergeant James Thomas Jenkins (ASN: 1818428), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Nantillois, France, 5 October 1918. Patrolling by himself, in front of the line, Sergeant Jenkins came upon a machine-gun emplacement manned by a German officer and three men. He wounded the officer and one soldier by rifle fire, captured the other two men, and took them with the machine-gun to the rear.