Herman Moyse
Home Town: Baton Rouge, LA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 117, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Herman Moyse, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cierges, northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, July 31, 1918. After advancing through five stages of artillery barrage and machine-gun fire, First Lieutenant Moyse led a patrol of five men forward to capture two machine guns which were endangering the success of the operation. Although seriously wounded in the chest and foot by machine-gun fire, he would not consent to being taken to the rear until the guns had been captured.