Hugh B. Moorman
Home Town: Sparta, TN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 16, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Hugh B. Moorman, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cantigny, France, May 27, 1918. During an enemy raid on his trench position Sergeant Moorman was wounded in the arm early in the engagement. He refused to be evacuated and personally directed the defense of the trench. He exposed himself to artillery and rifle fire and killed three Germans with his rifle.