Husband Charles Thomas Moore [8834]
Born: 15 Jul 1948 - Ottumwa, Wapello Co, IA 1
Christened:
Died: 5 Jan 1970 - Lai Chau, Vietnam 1
Cause of Death: killed in action
Buried: - Edinburg Baptist Church Cemetery, Edinberg, Scotland, Missouri, United States 1
FamilySearch ID: PW26-WWG
Find A Grave ID: 93599330
Father: William Sydney Moore [3518] (1926-2005) 2
Mother: Dorene Callie Becraft [3145] (1923-2017)
Marriage:
Events
• Biography: Pfc. Charles T. Moore grew up on a farm near Memphis, Missouri with his parents Sydney and Dorene Moore. He was drafted at the end of his junior year in college, not long after his marriage to the former Judy Kapfer. He entered military service in June 1969 as a medical corpsman. In November 1969, shortly after the birth of his son he commenced his tour in Vietnam. He was killed in action while valiantly giving medical aid to his platoon members without regard for his own welfare and his own wounds, which ultimately took his life. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Bronze Star Medal, and the Air Medal. The President of the United States awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously to PFC Charles T. Moore. For extraordinary heroism in action, Pfc. Moore distinguished himself by extraordinary herosim in action on 5 January 1970 in the Republic of Vietnam. On that date, when the First Platoon of Company D made contact with a determined enemy force located in a well-fortified bunker complex, a friendly trooper to the front was severely wounded. Despite his own wrist wounds, Private Moore, medical aid man for the First Platoon, moved through the intense hail of enemy fire to treat and evacuate the wounded soldier. Subsequently, a rocket impacted which strafed the area with shrapnel, wounding the First Platoon leader and further injuring Private Moore. Again with complete disregard for his own welfare, Private Moore moved to the aid of his platoon leader and evacuated the officer to safety. Then, noticing that his first patient had stopped breathing, Private Moore untiringly, and singularly performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation until life and unassisted breathing were restored. As he was constructing a bamboo stretcher on which to carry this critically wounded trooper, Private Moore was shot in the hip and rendered unconscious. Minutes later, he regained consciousness, and although his many wounds now completely incapacitated his movement and his position was exposed, he began shouting valuable instructions concerning the necessary and vital treatment for the wounded. Even when he knew that death was imminent, Private Moore unselfishly ignored his pain and continued to give valuable medical instructions. Private Moore succumbed to his wounds before he could be medically evacuated, but not before he had saved the lives of many of his comrades through his conspicuous gallantry and extraordinary heroism. Construction began in August 1999 and was completed in February 2002. The building, designed by Cromwell Architects & Engineers, is easily the largest clinic of its kind in the Department of Defense. Doctors, nurses, physican assistants, and medics provide primary care services to families and soldiers from the 13th Corps Support Command, the 1st Cavalry Division and separate brigades on Fort Hood. He is honored on Panel 15W, Row 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Army
2nd Battalion,
5th Cavalry,
1st Cavalry Division
Bio by: Elizabeth Reed
.
• His obituary was published in the Moberly Monitor-Index on 9 Jan 1970. Charles T Moore
Charles Thomas Moore, a nephew of Don Becraft, 302 Circle Drive, was killed in hostile action last week in Vietnam.
...
Wife Judy Kapfer [13178] (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Children