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Personal info

Full name
MOORE, Claude Thomas
Date of birth
11 November 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Hometown
Yakima County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39213270
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Giesenkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 9 2

Immediate family

Members
William Moore (father)
Edna (Beatty) Moore (mother)
Alvin Moore (brother)
Billy Moore (brother)
Imogene Moore (sister)
Rita Moore (sister)
Nina Moore (sister)
Gladys B. (Dunham) Moore (wife)

More information

Pfc Claude T. Moore enlisted on 14 August 1943 in Seattle, Washington. He joined his unit from Replacement Depot on 24 July 1944 and was lightly wounded in action on 4 August 1944. He rejoined his unit on 3 January 1945.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Arkansas, Birth Certificate

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Arwin Logtenberg