Julia Compton Moore
Julia Compton Moore (February 10, 1929 – April 18, 2004) was the wife of Hal Moore, a United States Army officer. Her efforts and complaints in the aftermath of the Battle of Ia Drang prompted the U.S. Army to set up survivor support networks and casualty notification teams consisting of uniformed officers, which are still in use.
Julia Compton Moore
Fort Moore was renamed in her and LTG Hal Moore's honor.
Career[edit]
Wherever her husband was stationed, Moore served as a Brownie and Girl Scout Leader and Cub Scout Den Mother. She volunteered with the Red Cross in the Army hospitals. She supported the day care centers and worked with the wives clubs to take better care of the enlisted soldier and his family. Moore was especially active in setting up the Army Community Service organizations that are now a permanent fixture on all army posts and which assist each soldier as they process into their new duty stations.[3]
Death[edit]
Moore died on April 18, 2004, and is buried at the Fort Moore Main Post Cemetery, near her mother and father, and in the middle of the 7th Cavalry troopers killed in action at Landing Zone X Ray.[5] Her husband died in 2017 on her birthday, and was laid to rest beside her.[6]
The award recognizes the civilian spouses of soldiers for "Outstanding Contributions to the United States Army".[7]
Compton was married on November 22, 1949, to Hal Moore,[8] who later commanded the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, in the battle of the Ia Drang Valley in Vietnam in 1965. They had five children:[3]
Two of their sons were career U.S. Army officers: one retired as a colonel; the other, as a lieutenant colonel.[9]