Julia "Julie" Compton Moore, 75, was an Army daughter, an Army wife and an Army mother. In the dark days of November 1965, she did the hardest duty of all: She visited the small bungalows and ...

Julia Moore’s insistence on a better, kinder culture for death notifications led the Army to establish an award in her honor. The Julia Compton Moore Award recognizes civilian spouses for ...

near her mother and father and in the middle of 7th Cavalry troops, which her husband led at Ia Drang Valley in 1965. In 2005, the Army established the Julia Compton Moore Award that recognizes ...

In 2005 the Army established the Julia Compton Moore Award in her honor, which recognizes civilian spouses and their contributions. Cannons sounded and echoed throughout the base to begin the ...