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 Corporal John Jackson Mezoff (ASN: 1288945), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Samogneux, France, 15 October 1918. When his company was subjected to severe machine-gun fire, Corporal Mezoff, with two other soldiers, attacked a nest of four machine guns, killing eight of the enemy and capturing 27.