Son of Mrs. Kate W. Jacobs of Carbondale. Member Company C, 341st Machine Gun Battalion. Awarded Distinguished Service Cross "For extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois de Bantheville, France, October 30, 1918. When six men of his section were wounded and his own hand was partly severed by a shell fragment, Pvt. Jacobs had another soldier sever his hand with a pocket-knife and then bandage it. While in this condition he assisted other wounded soldiers in every way possible before proceeding to the first aid station, whence he was evacuated to the hospital."