John Carroll Moore

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John Carroll Moore, First Lieutenant (Chaplain), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montfaucon, France, September 27, 1918. Though wounded on September 26, 1918, Chaplain Moore remained with the attacking lines of his regiment, ministering to the dying and aiding the wounded. After entering an enemy trench with a group of men, a grenade was thrown in the midst and, in utter disregard of personal safety, he grabbed the grenade to throw it from the trench. It exploded just after leaving his hand, seriously wounding him in several places.