Fumio Moriyama

The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Fumio Moriyama (RA30111675), Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving with Company H, 2d Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division. Private First Class Moriyama distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against enemy aggressor forces in the vicinity of Kumul-gol, Korea, on 18 May 1951. On that date, Company H was attacked by a numerically superior and fanatically determined hostile force. During this assault, the onrushing enemy succeeded in breaking the vital communication line connecting the company’s defense perimeter with its supporting mortar platoon. Realizing that without control of the urgently needed defensive fire of the mortar platoon the company was threatened with annihilation, Private Moriyama voluntarily left his position of cover and moved across the fire-swept terrain in an attempt to mend the break in the communication line. Completely exposed and subjected to the concentrated fire of the enemy, he crawled along the tine searching for the break. Upon locating it he quickly repaired the wire, thus enabling his comrades to resume direction of the mortar fire against the vast numbers of the enemy. As he attempted to crawl back to his position, Private Moriyama was hit and mortally wounded by the intense enemy fire.
Headquarters, Eighth U.S. Army, Korea: General Orders No. 873 (November 10, 1951)