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Personal info

Full name
MOORE, Willard Artis
Date of birth
24 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Hometown
Madison County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
O-1173719
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
Cannon Company,
261st Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Menningen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 11 14

Immediate family

Members
Jacob W. Moore (father)
Lena (Taylor) Moore (mother)
Herschel W. Moore (brother)
Hazel A. Moore (sister)
Beecher K. Moore (brother)
Jessie L. Moore (sister)
Frederick E. Moore (brother)
Olive M. Moore (sister)
Jo A. (Kurtz) Moore (wife)
Jerry L. Moore (son)

More information

1st Lt Willard A. Moore graduated from Wendell Wilke High School in 1936 and was employed at the H.J. Schader Company.

He joined the National Guard in Elwood, Indiana on 17 January 1941.

He was killed when a mine exploded under a jeep that he was riding in.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis News, 5 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.e-yearbooks.com - Elwood Community High School, Indiana Class of 1936