Julie Moore Biography
- Contributions recognized by Alabama Senate Resolution 93 – sponsored by 35 Senators
- Daughter of a career Army officer who served in WW1 and WW2, a single mother with young children during her husband’s deployment to the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and mother of two sons who served full careers in the Army during peace and war. She fully understood/experienced the demands and stresses placed on families.
- Life-long Red Cross volunteer – even as a General Officer’s wife
- Led programs to support Army families and soldiers; helped create the Army Community Service Organization
- Passionately involved in all aspects of Army Community service, including Officer and NCO Wives’ Clubs, Advisory Councils, Post Thrift Shops, daycare centers, and Boy and Girl Scouts
- Organized and led the initiative to change casualty notification procedures (telegrams given to taxis to deliver) due to the Army’s unpreparedness to manage Vietnam combat casualties. Organized and helped families of deployed.
- In the aftermath of the Ia Drang battles, she followed the taxis carrying the casualty notifications to comfort the family. Visited every family to help and attended every local funeral.
- Contributions formally recognized in Hal Moore’s OERs during his two international assignments
- She is recognized for her service to Army families in the National Infantry Museum Army Family Display
- The Army established the Julia Compton Moore Award in 2005 to recognize soldiers’ civilian spouses
- Fort Benning honors her service with the “Julia C. Moore Award”
- Willingly offered compassion to all Army veterans – most notably during the Ia Drang reunions.
- She is buried with her husband in the Fort Benning Post cemetery
