Elgin J. Moore
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Elgin J. Moore, Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Beauclair, France, November 4 – 11, 1918. From the 4th to the 11th of November, while continually under heavy shell fire, Sergeant Moore laid and maintained lines of communication within his area with utter disregard for his personal safety.