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Personal info

Full name
MOORE, Gordon Ward
Date of birth
14 December 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Jarrow, Alberta, Canada
Hometown
Contra Costa County, California

Military service

Service number
39696650
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 7 71

Immediate family

Members
Glen Moore (father)
Jennie E. Moore (mother)
Betty Moore (sister)
Robert L. Moore (brother)
Richard G. Moore (brother)

More information

Pvt Gordon W. Moore attended Coalinga High School.

He enlisted in Fresno, California on 22 March 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Coalinga High School 1938