Bob Moore Jr awarded Silver Star 43 years after heroic action in Vietnam

Bob Moore Jr. awarded Silver Star 43 years after heroic action in Vietnam
by Geoff Folsom
Marietta Daily Journal
July 17, 2012

MARIETTA — Retired Army Capt. Robert “Bob” Moore Jr. said he was surprised on June 6 to hear he had received the Silver Star for his actions in Vietnam more than four decades ago.

Moore, now 66, said he knew an award application had been resubmitted two years ago, and that the office of U.S. Rep Phil Gingrey (R-Marietta) was working on his behalf. But the application that was submitted sought a Bronze Star, so Moore was taken aback when he found out the Awards and Decorations Branch determined he had earned the Silver Star, the Army’s third highest honor.

“I was stunned. I started crying,” he said. “It brings closure to my Vietnam experience.”

On Friday — the 43rd anniversary of the day when Moore lead his platoon to regroup and secure the area after a booby trap exploded while on a search and destroy mission in the Phan Thiet area east of Saigon — a flag was flown in his honor over the U.S. Capitol in Washington. On Monday, he received the award, as well as the flag, at a half-hour ceremony before 250 people at the Joint Headquarters Building at Clay National Guard Center in Marietta.
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