Rolf Moody

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Rolf Moody, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Beaurevoir, France, October 7, 1918. Captain Moody was in command of his company on the left flank of the assaulting battalion, when withering machine-gun fire from an old factory building held up the advance of the entire left flank. Realizing the gravity of the situation, he took two squads and led them in an attack on the machine-gun positions over ground swept by machine-gun and shell fire. After a personal encounter in which he used his pistol and hand grenades, the machine guns were silenced. From there he started toward another machine-gun post, but was mortally wounded before reaching it, dying on the field.