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Personal info

Full name
MOORE, James E
Date of birth
1909
Age
unknown
Place of birth
North Carolina
Hometown
Durham, Vance County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
20453474
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 February 1945
Place of death
East of Prüm River, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 13 8

Immediate family

Members
Nora E. Moore (wife)

More information

T/5 James E. Moore joined the National Guard in Henderson, North Carolina on 16 September 1940.

He worked in manufacture of textiles.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil,

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet