Benjamin Moore Jr
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Age: 43
From: Waycross, Ga.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Incident: Army Command Sgt. Maj. Benjamin Moore Jr. died April 24 at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a noncombat-related incident.
Died: April 24, 2009
Schofield soldier known for wisdom
By William Cole
Honolulu Advertiser
Command Sgt. Maj. Benjamin Moore Jr. was the senior enlisted man in his battalion in Iraq, and he was the “lifeline” of his large family back in Georgia, his sister said.
Moore, 43, an Army veteran of 26 years with service in South Korea, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq, died Friday at Contingency Operating Base Speicher in northern Iraq of non combat related injuries, the Army said.
With Moore’s death, three Schofield Barracks soldiers with the 3rd Brigade have died from non combat causes since the 3,500-soldier unit deployed in October and November. Three other soldiers with the brigade have died in combat.
Moore was the “baby” of the family of 10 sisters and five brothers, said one of those sisters, Teresa Brakes.
“He’s the glue that held the family together when we used to go...