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Personal info

Full name
MOYER, Allen Smith
Date of birth
8 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
West Brunswick Townschip, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33833043
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
Monschau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 6 12

Immediate family

Members
William H. Moyer (father)
Stella Moyer (mother)
Mary Moyer (sister)
Henry Moyer (brother)
George Moyer (brother)
William H. Moyer Jr. (brother)
Leafy Moyer (sister)
Viola Moyer (sister)
Donald R. Moyer (brother)

More information

Pfc Allen S. Moyer worked for the Kepner-Scott Shoe Company. He enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 29 September 1943. He received training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia and Fort Meade, Maryland. He went overseas in March 1944.

Pfc Allen S. Moyer was first buried at ther Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com- Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Call (Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania) -6 Oct 1944,