THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
Washington

The President of the United States, takes pride in presenting the
NAVY CROSS to:

LANCE CORPORAL FREDDIE L. MOORE
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

for service as set forth in the following:

CITATION:

For extraordinary heroism on the early morning of 12 August 1969 as a squad leader with Company B, First Battalion, Seventh Marines, First Marine Division during operations against an armed enemy in the Republic of Vietnam. When several members of his platoon were pinned down by intense hostile fire following the initiation of an amboush against a large enemy force, Lance Corporal Moore, as leader of the remainder of the platoon members, deployed forward of the company position in an effort to reach the pinned-down platoon members. When his own unit was confronted with a heavy volume of hostile fire emanating from a tree line and throughout a rice paddy, Lance Corporal Moore observed two of his companions fall wounded in a position dangerously exposed to enemy fire. Quick to act, he rushed across the fire-swept area, carried his wounded companions to a place of relative safety, and administered medical aid until a corpsman. Lance Corporal Moore then decided to initiate an aggressive assault against the entrenched enemy unit and, shouting instructions and encouragement to his men, succeeded in forcing the enemy troops to withdraw sufficiently to enable the remainder of the platoon to reach their trapped comrades. When the platoon sergeant was wounded, Lance Corporal Moore took charge of the platoon and continued to press the attack until the enemy force was in full retreat. By his courage, agressive leadership, and inspiring devotion to duty, he contributed significantly to the defeat of the enemy and upheld the highest traditons of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.

For the President,

Secretary of the Navy