Glenn Douglas Moore
Warrant Officer
135TH AHC, 214TH AVN BN, 12TH AVN GROUP, 1ST AVIATION BDE, USARV Army of the United States Castro Valley, California June 18, 1945 to February 08, 1968 GLENN D MOORE is on the Wall at Panel 38E, Line 33 |
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My young life was blessed by his love. His spirit still lives within my heart and his voice still sings within my soul. He is not gone until all those who knew him, and the generations that know them, are gone. Until then . . .
A memorial from his wife, 14 Sep 2007
Sara is getting married tomorrow ... you would like her new husband, an Army Major. You are in my heart and I carry your love within me. We will walk Sara down the aisle tomorrow to give her away together, my darling Glenn. Little Lady MM
From his wife. E-mail address is not available. |
Glenn Moore was good friend of mine. We met at the First Baptist Church of Castro Valley. In the Fall, almost every Sunday after church, we would play football at Castro Valley High School. Glenn's father was a coach and my father was a Navy chaplain at the Alameda Naval Base. Dad was serving on the USS HANCOCK, which soon cruised the coast of Vietnam. Well, Glenn was small and short for football. But what a dynamic player he was. He could play quarterback like Ken Stabler. He and his father would come up with the most inventive plays, like hiking the ball between the quarterback's legs to the running back behind him. It was very difficult to ever know where the ball was going. What fun we had. It was great for us as young kids to play every week with our fathers. The games with Glenn were one of the highlights of my life. I will never forget them. Nor will I forget his nasal but sweet tenor voice in church choir. He was a lot of fun to know and be with. I learned of his death when I was at Fort Bragg. A friend told me that they were evacuating some injured troops from a difficult position. Small arms and mortar fire was taking its toll on a unit that was ambushed on the ground. They had gotten off the ground safely, but one of their friend's choppers was hit and crashed behind them. When Glenn looked back, they could see that their friends had survived the crash but were trapped. Glenn and his flight team decided to go back to save them. A noble and heroic effort. That was always Glenn. David against Goliath. I have missed him for many years. But I still hear him singing and I bet he's throwing a few touchdowns in heaven right now, just as he did when I last saw him.
God bless, 01 Sep 2006
Time passes quickly when it is gone
But what does it mean to be young or old
For this I am thankful From a friend, Ayers Baxter ayersbaxter@gmail.com |
A Note from The Virtual WallThe MACV Summary for Feb 1968 contains the following entries:07 Feb - II FFV. (Dinh Tuong Prov) - 3 kilometers northwest of My Tho, 9th Inf Div elements made contact with an unknown size enemy force. Supported by arty and helicopter gunships, ground units exchanged small arms and automatic weapons fire. 2 kilometers away another company made contact with an estimated enemy company at the same time. Reinforcements sent in at 1400H. USAF tactical air and Army helicopter gunships directed fire onto enemy positions. Both engagements terminated 1700H. 52 enemy killed; 8 US killed and 29 WIA (medevac) and 6 light WIA treated and returned to duty.Fifteen of the sixteen US dead can be identified:
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