Rufus B. Jackson - War Hero

JACKSON

Posted By: S. Ferrall (email)
Date: 7/26/2004 at 07:16:06

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
Rufus B. Jackson, second lieutenant, 370th Infantry. For extraordinary heroism in action near Farm la Folie, France, September 28, 1918. Having been ordered to use his Stokes mortars in wiping out machine gun nests, which had been resisting the advance of his company, Lieut. Jackson made a personal reconnaissance by crawling to the enemy's lines to locate the nests. Accomplishing his purpose, he returned and directed the fire, silencing the guns.

Residence at appointment: 912 East Thirteenth Street, Des Moines, Iowa (Polk co.)

-source: Official Register, State of Iowa 1921-1922, Twenty-Ninth Number, Military Decorations of Iowans in the World War, pg. 366

-transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall