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 Mathew Jenkins (ASN: 1402492), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 370th Infantry Regiment, 93d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Vauxaillon, France, 20 September 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.