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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    117th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 7, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 87 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Captain (Infantry) Rolf Moody, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Beaurevoir, France, 7 October 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.