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 Major (Infantry) Jennings Cropper Wise, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, near Nantillois, France, 4 October 1918. Major Wise, while gallantly leading his battalion in the attack was painfully wounded by a shell fragment. He refused to be evacuated but continued to successfully command his battalion in an advance against strong enemy resistance until his battalion was relieved on October 7.