The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Leslie Joseph Jobes, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Verdun, France, 9 October 1918. Lieutenant Jobes, while in command of his platoon during an engagement of the 29th Division, Verdun sector, displayed exceptional bravery, disregarding his own safety and encouraging his men, both by words and action. While leading his platoon in an attack on a machine-gun nest he was instantly killed, but the attack begun by him continued and resulted in the machine-gun nests being captured.