Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Hal Moore

Battles of Hal Moore

United States Army lieutenant general (1922–2017)

Hal Moore is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1965 and 1966: 3 battles and 2 campaigns, all in present-day Vietnam. Taken in date order, the sites lie 310 km apart end to end, 78 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Vietnam War (5).

Battle of Ia DrangOperation MasherBattle of Bong SonOperation Davy CrockettOperation Nathan HaleBattle of Ia DrangOperation MasherBattle of Bong SonOperation Davy CrockettOperation Nathan HaleQui NhonPlay KuBuon Me ThuotQuảng NgãiKon TumPakxeTuy HòaStoeng TrengKrachehLumphat200 km13.798N, 108.442E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1965: 1 engagements1966: 4 engagements4 in 196619651966
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Ia Drang, 1965Operation Masher, 1966Battle of Bong Son, 1966Operation Davy Crockett, 1966Operation Nathan Hale, 196619651966
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
14 November 1965Battle of Ia DrangIa Drang River, VietnamSee Effect and aftermath section
1966Operation MasherBồng Sơn, Vietnam169 km NEInconclusive
1966Battle of Bong SonBồng Sơn, Vietnam0 km NInconclusive
1966Operation Davy CrockettBồng Sơn, Vietnam0 km N
1966Operation Nathan HalePhu Yen, Vietnam141 km S

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Ahodges7, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.