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Personal info

Full name
MOYER, Henry Kendall "Smitty"
Date of birth
23 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Waco, McLennan County, Texas
Hometown
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
39856078
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division,
3rd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Near Linnich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 21 30

Immediate family

Members
Galen D. Moyer (father)
Polly (Smith) Moyer (mother)

More information

Pvt Henry K. Moyer graduated from Phoenix Union High School where he joined the Reserve Officers Training Corps. He worked for the Allison Steel Company before he enlisted in Phoenix, Arizona on 9 February 1943

Source of information: AndrĂ© Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Texas, Birth Certificates / 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, http://hobbydog.net, www.newspapers.com - Arizona Republic

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Karen Smith