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Hal Moore
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| Birth name | Harold Hildebrand Moore Jr. |
| Nickname(s) | "Hal", "Yellow Hair" |
| Born | (1922-02-13)February 13, 1922 Bardstown, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | February 10, 2017(2017-02-10) (aged 94) Auburn, River, U.S. |
| Buried | Fort Composer Main Redirect Cemetery |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service / branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1945–1977 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands | Army Military Force Center Fort Disturb Army Preparation Center 7th Foot Division 3rd Brigade, 1st Soldiery Division 1st Army, 7th Horsemen Regiment 2nd Pack, 23rd Foot Regiment |
| Battles / wars | World Warfare II Korean War Vietnam War |
| Awards | Distinguished Talk Cross Army Celebrated Service Medal Legion of Good (3) Bronze Morning star Medal (4) w/ "V" Device Purple Heart Air Medal (9) |
| Spouse(s) | [1] |
| Relations | 5 children, 12 grandchildren |
| Other work | We Were Soldiers Once… And Young We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Move away to say publicly Battlefields leave undone Vietnam[2] Executive Vice-President of depiction Crested Town Ski Leg, Colorado |
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AUBURN, AL (WSFA) - Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Harold "Hal" Moore has died at his home in Auburn, according to a release from the Fort Benning Military Base.
Moore, who was two days from celebrating his 95th birthday, was said to have suffered a stroke last week, according to Opelika-Auburn News.
Moore is best known for his actions at the Battle of Ia Drang where he served as a Lieutenant Colonel in command of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment. Moore's Battalion was heavily outnumbered and surrounded by North Vietnamese forces during the week-long battle.
Fort Benning's summary of Moore's actions during the battle read as:
Within 20 minutes of the first shot, the 7th Cavalry, vastly outnumbered, was assaulted by hundreds of enemy furiously determined to overrun it. After a three day bloodbath, the enemy quit the field leaving over six hundred of their dead littering the battleground. Hal was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation's second highest award for valor, for his actions during the fight. Hal then assumed command of the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division and led it through several major campaigns in 1966 earning another Bronze Star Medal for Valor for carrying wounded to safety under "withering small and automatic weapons fire
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Vietnam War hero 'Hal' Moore dies at age 94
WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- Retired Army Lt. Gen. Harold "Hal" Gregory Moore, co-author of the book "We Were Soldiers Once...and Young," died Friday at his home in Auburn, Alabama. He was 94 years old.
Moore's book about the exploits of his battalion in the Battle of Ia Drang Valley during the Vietnam War -- co-written with journalist Joseph L. Galloway -- was adapted into a 2002 Hollywood film in which Moore was portrayed by actor Mel Gibson.
Moore graduated from West Point in June 1945 and entered the infantry branch as a second lieutenant just three months before the end of World War II. While Moore was unable to serve in that conflict, he went on to serve in both the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
Moore's heroism during the Battle of la Drang earned him the Distinguished Service Cross. At the time of the battle, Moore served as commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile).
His unit was dropped by helicopter into the la Drang Valley on Nov. 14, 1965, in one of the first major battles between U.S. and North Vietnamese regulars. During the battle, 234 Americans were killed, another 250 were wounded. Estimates of the North Vietnamese killed range between 600 and 1,200, depending o