The following is posted at the "News" button on the site for the Moore Clinic:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 25, 1963, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously to PFC Charles T. Moore. The citation reads:
For extraordinary
heroism in action, Private First Class Charles T. Moore, United States
Army, distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action on 5 January
1970 in the Republic of Vietnam. On that date, when the First Platoon of
Company D made contact with a determined enemy force located in a well-fortified
bunker complex, a friendly trooper to the front was severely wounded. Despite
his own wrist wounds, Private Moore, medical aidman for the First Platoon,
moved through the intense hail of enemy fire to treat and evacuate the
wounded soldier. Subsequently, a rocket impacted which strafed the area
with shrapnel, wounding the First Platoon leader and further injuring Private
Moore. Again with complete disregard for his own welfare, Private Moore
moved to the aid of his platoon leader and evacuated the officer to safety.
Then, noticing that his first patient had stopped breathing, Private Moore
untiringly, and singularly performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation until
life and unassisted breathing were restored. As he was constructing a bamboo
stretcher on which to carry this critically wounded trooper, Private Moore
was shot in the hip and rendered unconscious. Minutes later, he regained
consciousness, and although his many wounds now completely incapacitated
his movement and his position was exposed, he began shouting valuable instructions
concerning the necessary and vital treatment for the wounded. Even when
he knew that death was imminent, Private Moore unselfishly ignored his
pain and continued to give valuable medical instructions. Private Moore
succumbed to his wounds before he could be medically evacuated, but not
before he had saved the lives of many of his comrades through his conspicuous
gallantry and extraordinary hero.