John H. Moore

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John H. Moore, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cutry, France, on July 18, 1918. While courageously leading his section in the face of intense fire, Second Lieutenant Moore was knocked down by a shell explosion, but continued his leadership as soon as he regained consciousness and personally reconnoitered the area in advance to find a less dangerous route. He succeeded and thereby made it possible for his men to go forward, but he himself was killed in the undertaking.