BUDDY MOECK-CORNELL CHAO

A VIDEO STORYOF CORNELL CHAO

Cornell C. Chao was born in Los Angeles, California on March 1970. He graduated from Sunny Hills High School in 1988, in Fullerton., CA.
CW3 Chao enlisted in the Army on July 1989 and served 18 years in US Army. He served in Germany and South Korea among other places and fought in Kuwait and Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. He attended Warrant Officer Candidate School in 1999 and completed the AH-64D Aviator Qualification Course and the AH-64D Aircraft Armament Technician Course in 2001 and Fort Rucker, Alabama. He was assigned to B Troop, 6 Squadron 6th Cavalry. He deployed to Iraq with his unit from February 10, 2003 to January 2004. In August 2005, CW3 Chao was assigned to 4th Battalion, 227th at Fort Hood, Texas as an AH-64D Pilot in Command and Aircraft Armament Officer. CW3 Chao was sent back to Iraq for the third time with the 4-227th ARB on October 12, 2006 in support of Operation Iraq Freedom. On January 28, 2007 while conducting operations of Iraqi Security Forces north of Najaf, his aircraft was shot down in an intense battle with insurgents in Najaf, Iraq.
CW3 Chao's awards and decorations include the Silver Star Medal, the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart Medal, Air Medal with numeral 3, Army Commendation Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Cluster and additional 19 federal and state awards.

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• CORNELL
• CHAO
• FALLEN
• SOLDIERS
• IRAQ
• APACHE
• ARMY
• BUDDY
• MOECK
• BATTLE
• DEATH
• AIRCRAFT
• OPERATION
• FREEDOM
• 6/6
• CAVALRY
• LOST
• HEROES
• GOLD
• STAR
• MOMS
• ARIZONA
• BUDSBAND

[exploringsinger]

Nice presentation of rememberance Buddy. What a brave soldier.God bless him. Sheri

[DeaconSteve]

A very beautiful tribute to Cornell Chao, brings tears to these eyes. What an awesome gift to this country, as are all of those who have given their lives for our freedom, a freedom that under seige by our current President to be taken away. And yet, our soldiers go on fighting. I lost a nephew in Irag. I am so very proud of our soldiers, both men and woman. I was one of them in Vietnam. God bless this man's family and God bless America.