Spec. 5 Harold Glenn Moore, son of John H. and Lora (Urton) Moore, was
     born December 2, 1929 on a farm west of Medicine Lodge. He received his
     education at Mingona Rural School and graduated from Medicine Lodge High
     School in the class of 1948.
       As a young man, he farmed in partnership with his father, had been
     employed on various ranches around Medicine Lodge, had developed skill
     in carpentry, and also worked as a roughneck in the oil fields for Gabbert-
     Jones.
       He entered the military service during the Korean Crisis in 1951. He was
     dischared after his enlistment expired in 1953, at which time he returned
     to Medicine Lodge. Then he re-enlisted in 1956 and spent fourteen more
     years in continuous military service.
       During his seventeen years in the Army, he had been stationed at Camp
     Chaffee, Fort Knox, Kentucky, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and Fort Huachuca,
     Arizona. He saw action in Korea, spent two tours of duty in Viet Nam and
     twice had been stationed in Germany. He was in the Engineer branch of the
     Army, a specialist in the maintenance and operation of heavy engineering
     equipment.
       His commanding officer wrote that Harold was well liked and respected by
     all of his associates. He was an excellent soldier, and was considered the
     best heavy equipment operator in the entire battalion. Harold was in Germany
     at the time of his death and he died in the 5th General Hospital in Bad
     Cannstat, Germany. He was 41 years old. At the time of his death he was
     with Company D, 94th Engineer Battalion.  
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 336 
     Submitted by: Vera Moore Warwick