The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918 (amended by act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Sergeant Dean Ward Moehring (ASN: US-54822349), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam, while serving with Company B, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry, 11th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division. Sergeant Moehring distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 3 March 1969 as leader of a platoon on a combat patrol approximately two kilometers southwest of Fire Support Base Liz near Duc Pho. While his element was crossing a cultivated field, Sergeant Moehring observed movement in a nearby hedgerow and called out the word “stop” in Vietnamese. Suddenly a North Vietnamese Army company unleashed intense machine gun, rocket-propelled grenade and automatic weapons fire on the platoon from three sides, killing three men instantly and wounding eleven others. Seeing a casualty who was unable to craw to cover because of the seriousness of his wounds, Sergeant Moehring dashed from his secure position onto the open field to the side of his stricken comrade. Despite the fierce enemy fusillade, he began to work feverishly to stop the man’s bleeding, while glancing to the rear and shouting commands to his troops to direct their return fire. As he was calling to his radio-telephone operator to obtain reinforcements and an ambulance helicopter, he was struck in the chest by enemy rounds and mortally wounded. Sergeant Moehring’s extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty, at the cost of his life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.