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 Private First Class Wade H. Jenkins (ASN: 2216190), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Machine-Gun Company, 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near St. Marie Farm, France, 14 September 1918. Private First Class Jenkins volunteered to go forward with three other soldiers to reduce two machine-gun nests, which successively held up our advance. Crawling forward under heavy fire, he showed marked personal bravery, attacking and killing occupants of the enemy emplacements.