LTG Harold G. "Hal" Moore, Jr USA
(Retired)
Cullum: 15076
Class: '45
Cadet Company:
C1
Date of Birth:
February 13, 1922
Date of Death:
February 10, 2017 - View
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Retired Lt. Gen. Hal
Moore died in his home in Auburn, Alabama,
a few days short of his 95th
birthday. He is survived by three sons, two
daughters, 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He
was preceded in death by his wife, Julie Compton, in 2004.
A
funeral mass will be held at St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church in
Auburn, followed by a memorial service National Infantry Museum at Fort
Benning Army Base in Columbus, Georgia. Internment following at Fort
Benning.
Memorial donations may be made
to the Ia Drang Scholarship Fund.
Please
send checks to the Ia Drang Scholarship Fund
c/o Executive Director,
1st Cavalry Division Association,
302 North Main, Copperas Cove, TX
76522.
Biography:
- Commissioned in the Infantry 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment - Japan 1945- 1948
- Fort Bragg 82nd Airborne Div 1948
- 17th Infantry Regiment of the 7th Infantry Division - Korea 1952 -53
- Promoted to Major 1966
- Infantry Instructor at West Point 1954-56
- Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas - 1956
- Office Chief of Research and Development 1957-60
- Army Field Support Command 1960
- Headquarters, Allied Forces Northern Europe, Oslo, Norway 1960-63
- Promoted to LTC 1964
-
Naval War College 1964
- Began Masters International Relations - George Washington University
- Battalion Command 11Air Assault Div 1964-65
- The 11th Air Assault Div was re-designated as 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division
- Command of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, at the Battle of Ia Drang in 1965, - Vietnam War.
- Promoted to colonel and took command of the Garry Owen (3rd) Brigade 1966
- Assistant Secretary for International affairs in the Office of Under Secretary of Defense 1966-67
- Completed his M.A in International Relations in 1968 at Harvard University.
- Promoted to Brigadier General - 1968
- Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Operations and Plans 8 Army & Commanding General 7Div Kor 69-71
- Promoted to major general in 1970
- Artillery Replacement Training Center Ft. Ord - 1971–1973
- Military Personnel Center (renamed Personnel Command, PERSCOM) 1973-74
- Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Department of the Army, Washington, DC- 1974-77
- Retired 1977 as Lieutenant General
- Doughboy of the year 2000 - The Doughboy Award is presented
annually to recognize an individual for outstanding contributions to the
United States Army Infantry. The award is presented on behalf of all
Infantrymen past and present. -
- USMA Association of Distinguished Graduate Award 03
Awards and
Citations:
Distinguished
Service Cross June 1, 1966
Army
Distinguished Service Medal / Action Date 1974 - 1977
Legion of
Merit - Awarded
for actions during the Vietnam War
Action
Date 1965 - 1966
Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster Action Date 1968 - 1969
Second Bronze
Oak Leaf Cluster Action
Date 1969 - 1971
Bronze
Star Medal (4) w/ "V" Device
LTG Moore
Co-Authored the best selling book "We Were Soldiers
Once… And Young" with Joseph L. Galloway
in 1992 about the First and Second Battalions of the 7th
Cavalry Regiment in the Battle of
the Ia Drang Valley, which was later adapted ainto the movie We Were
Soldiers released in 2002.
Moore
and Galloway wrote a sequel to the book titled "We Are Soldiers Still:
A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam" which was published in
2008 about their return to Vietnam and a reflection on how the war had
changed them.