Monument to General Bryant E. Moore

This monument was raised on the banks of the Hangang at Yeoju to commemorate the noble sacrifice of US Army General Bryant Edward Moore, who was born in Maine on June 6, 1896 and died in combat at 56 years of age. General Moore had recently taken office as leader of the IX Corps and died on February 24, 1951. He was leading an operation crossing the Namhangang when his helicopter crashed after colliding with a high-voltage power line. In October 1951, USFK raised a posthumous monument in his memory at Danhyeon-ri, Yeoju-eup, Yeoju-gun. The death of General Moore was another tragedy following the death of General Walker two months earlier. He was classmates with General Ridgeway at the US Military Academy. He served as a worthy regiment and division leader on the battle lines in Europe during World War II, worked at the Department of Defense, and was garrison commander at the US Military Academy at West Point. His death was all the more tragic because it was his first combat engagement in the three weeks after assuming command of IX Corps. He was the most capable general among the four candidates
for the position of commanding general of the Army Corps whom General Ridgeway recommended to the Pentagon after taking over as US Eighth Army commander. Gen. Moore was the first to be selected commander among West Point principals, and his unfortunate accident was all the more tragic because he did not get the chance to demonstrate his exceptional abilities in Korea.

Memorial dedicated to U.S. Army General, Bryant E. Moore who died during an operation crossing the Namhangang due to the helicopter crash. He died three weeks after appointed as a commander of the U.S. 9th Corps. The Memorial has been temporarily moved due to the construction of Hangang.