Editing Hal Moore (section)

{{Short description|US Army general}}
{{for|the American Olympic wrestler|Hal Moore (wrestler)}}
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{{Infobox military person
| name          = Hal Moore
| image         = Lt General Hal Moore official photo as Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel.jpg{{!}}border
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| caption       = Moore in 1975
| nickname      = "Hal", "Yellow Hair"
| birth_name    = Harold Gregory Moore Jr.
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1922|2|13}}
| birth_place   = [[Bardstown, Kentucky]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2017|2|10|1922|2|13}}
| death_place   = [[Auburn, Alabama]], U.S.
| placeofburial = [[Fort Benning Main Post Cemetery]]
| allegiance    = United States
| branch        = [[United States Army]]
| serviceyears  = 1945–1977
| rank          = [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant general]]
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| unit          = 
| commands      = Army Military Personnel Center<br/>[[Fort Ord]] Army Training Center<br/>[[7th Infantry Division (United States)|7th Infantry Division]]<br/>3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division<br/>1st Battalion, [[7th Cavalry Regiment]]<br/>2nd Battalion, [[23rd Infantry Regiment (United States)|23rd Infantry Regiment]]
| battles       = {{tree list}}
*[[Korean War]]
*[[Vietnam War]]
**[[Battle of Ia Drang]]
{{tree list/end}}
| awards        = [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]]<br/>[[Army Distinguished Service Medal]]<br/>[[Legion of Merit]] (3)<br/>[[Bronze Star Medal]] (4) w/ [["V" Device]]<br/>[[Purple Heart]]<br/>[[Air Medal]] (9)
| spouse        = {{marriage|[[Julia Compton Moore]]|1949|2004|reason=died}}<ref name="LC Obit">{{cite web|title=Julia Moore Obituary|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/ledger-enquirer/name/julia-moore-obituary?id=29850286|website=Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (by Legacy.com)|date=April 21, 2004}}</ref>
| relations     = 5 children, 12 grandchildren
| laterwork     = ''[[We Were Soldiers Once… And Young]]''<br/>''We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Moore|first1=Harold|last2=Galloway|first2=Joseph|title=We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam|date=2008-08-19|publisher=Harper|isbn=978-0-06-114776-0|edition=1}}</ref><br/>Executive Vice-President of the [[Crested Butte]] Ski Area, [[Colorado]]
}}
'''Harold Gregory Moore Jr.''' (February 13, 1922 – February 10, 2017) was a [[United States Army]] [[Lieutenant general (United States)|lieutenant general]] and author. As a [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|lieutenant colonel]], he commanded the 1st Battalion, [[7th Cavalry Regiment (United States)|7th Cavalry Regiment]], at the [[Battle of Ia Drang]] in 1965, during the [[Vietnam War]]. The battle was detailed in the 1992 bestseller ''[[We Were Soldiers Once… and Young]]'', co-authored by Moore and made into the film ''[[We Were Soldiers]]'' in 2002, which starred [[Mel Gibson]] as Moore. Moore was the "honorary colonel" of the regiment. He was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]], the U.S. Army's second-highest decoration for valor, and was the first soldier in his [[United States Military Academy|West Point]] graduating class of 1945 to be promoted to [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]], [[Major general (United States)|major general]], and lieutenant general.

Moore was awarded the [[Order of Saint Maurice (United States)|Order of Saint Maurice]] by the [[National Infantry Association]]<ref name=infantryassn>{{cite web|url=http://www.infantryassn.com/WebImages/PDF/OSM0203-nolastname.pdf |website=Infantry Association |year=2005 |title=OSM0203 |access-date=February 19, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050219234449/http://www.infantryassn.com/WebImages/PDF/OSM0203-nolastname.pdf |archive-date=February 19, 2005}}</ref> as well as the Distinguished Graduate Award by the West Point Association of Graduates.<ref name="WPAoG" />