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Gotta love the wording here in that link:
"February 28, 1969:
When Kerry's Patrol Craft Fast 94 received a B-40 rocket shot from shore, he hot dogged his craft beaching it in the center of the enemy position. To his surprise, an enemy soldier sprang up from a hole not ten feet from Patrol Craft 94 and fled.

The boat's machine gunner hit and wounded the fleeing Viet Cong as he darted behind a hootch. The twin .50s gunner fired at the Viet Cong. He said he "laid 50 rounds" into the hootch before Kerry leaped from the boat and dashed in to administer a "coup de grace" to the wounded Viet Cong. Kerry returned with the B-40 rocket and launcher.

Kerry was given a Silver Star for his actions."

The VC ran behind a hut that became swiss cheese from .50 cal fire.
Kerry then runs BEHIND the hut and out of sight of his crew to shoot the already dead body.
I'd say the guy was already dead after the twin .50's raked the area, no way in h#!! the VC could be only 'wounded' from a .50 cal hit.
He'd have bits and pieces fly off, a .50 makes a darn big hole.
Kerry admitted to endangering his crew and his command in the face of the enemy as well as pretty much ABANDONING his command in front of the enemy.
There was no reason to beach the craft or charge the beach.