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Personal info

Full name
MOSS, John
Date of birth
5 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Bolton, England
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33940559
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
66th Infantry Regiment,
71st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
Benk, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 9 32

Immediate family

Members
Ernest Moss (father)
Alice (Knowles) Moss (mother)
George S. Kline (stepfather)
Ernest Moss (brother)
Dorothy M. (Forman) Moss (wife)
Dorothy Moss (daughter)
Patricia A. Moss (daughter)
John Moss (son)

More information

Pfc John Moss graduated from Schenley High School.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 24 May 1944 and was sent overseas in February 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File / Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press