My Life in a Nut Shell
when event occurred |
What was the event |
25-April-1949 |
my birthday |
August 1954 |
first day of school Kindergarden Mason City, Iowa |
August 1963 |
first year of high school Newman High School Mason City, Iowa |
22-November-1963 |
President John F. Kennedy Killed |
April 1967 |
enlisted in Marine Corps |
May 1967 |
Graduated from East High School Des Moines, Iowa |
13-July-1967 |
left for Marine Bootcamp |
1-November-1967 |
came home on boot leave |
20-November-1967 |
returned to Marine Corps about to leave for Vietnam |
December 1967 |
arrived in Vietnam reported to Hotel 2/7 1st Marine Division |
13-July 1968 |
wounded for first time minor wound |
20-November-1968 |
wounded for 2nd time ended my career in Marine Corps |
11-October-1969 |
Discharged from Great Lakes Navel Hospital and Marine Corps |
June 1970 |
Married my first wife |
24-December-1972 |
Birth of my daughter Angela Noel Moorehead |
1976 |
Divorced first wife |
26-January-1980 |
Married Doralyn Rae Ricke |
13-November-1982 |
Birth of our son Thomas Ricke Moorehead |
30-March-1984 |
Birth of our son Clark Alan Moorhead |
25-September-1987 |
Birth of our daughter Michelle Rae Moorehead |
June 2001 |
Thomas Graduated from Woodward Granger High School |
11-September-2001 |
United States was Attacked by Muslim Extremist |
June 2002 |
Clark Graduated from Woodward Granger High School |
June 2006 |
Michelle Graduated from Woodward Granger High School |
May-2006 |
Clark Graduated from Drake University |
May-2008 |
Thomas Graduated from University of Dubuque |
May-2010 |
Michelle Graduated from Coe Collage |
31-December-2015 |
I retired from the US Postal Service with 36+ years Government Service |
11-January-2016 |
Returned to school at DMACC for Web Development |