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Personal info

Full name
MOORE, Lamoine Crawford
Date of birth
10 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Folsom, Wetzel County, Ohio
Hometown
Jefferson County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15014587
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
31 January 1945
Place of death
Drzewica, Poland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Lindsey J. Moore (father)
Janet F. (Sullivan) Moore (mother)
Bessie V. Moore (sister)
Victor B. Moore (brother)
Floyd L. Moore (brother)
Frederick R. Moore (brother)
Daniel Moore (brother)
John L. Moore (brother)
Lola M. Moore (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Lamoine C. Moore attended high school for two years and was a construction worker.

He joined the Regular Army at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 30 October 1940.

He was taken prisoner on 7 October 1944.

Information reveals that the German guards forced the American and Russian Prisoners of War to leave Stalag III-C near the village of Drzewica, Poland on 31 January 1945. They had marched only a short distance when they were caught between Russian and German cross fire and were killed by gunfire from Russian tanks.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / Records of World War II Prisoners of War, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Family Trees / U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Moore Family