The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Corporal James H. Moore, Jr. (ASN: 3137555), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Argonne Forest, France, 2 October 1918. During an attack, when his platoon encountered enemy wire, Corporal Moore calmly went forward and alone proceeded to cut a passage through the wire. While performing this work, he was subjected to the fiercest fire of enemy machine guns and grenades, which wounded over half the platoon. He continued in this work until he accomplished his purpose.