Thomas Archie Mooreland

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas Archie Mooreland, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Martin Revere, France, October 17, 1918. Private First Class Mooreland volunteered to go forward with another soldier to attack a machine-gun emplacement which was holding up a part of our line. Advancing over open ground under heavy fire, these two men destroyed the enemy position, capturing three prisoners and allowing a resumption of the general advance.