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Personal info

Full name
MOORMAN, Floyd Fleming
Date of birth
25 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Grant County, Indiana
Hometown
Blackford County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35838065
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
7 June 1945
Place of death
Dobia, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 22 1

Immediate family

Members
Frederick A. Moorman (father)
Elizabeth L. (Fleming) Moorman (mother)
Francis W. Moorman (brother)
Oscar C. Moorman (brother)
Lora C. Moorman (brother)
Velma I. Moorman (sister)
Ruth E. Moorman (sister)
Frederick A. Moorman (brother)
Glenn R. Moorman (brother)
Doris J. Moorman (sister)
Robert Moorman (brother)
Glenna R. (Denton) Moorman (wife)
Wayne E. Moorman (son)
Barbara S. Moorman (daughter)

More information

Pfc Floyd F. Moorman attended Jefferson Township High School in Matthews, Indiana and enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 8 May 1944.

He was reported wounded in action in France on 6 March 1945 and had been hospitalized. For this wound, he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

He and two others (Pfc Clark F. Lincicome and Pvt Cyrus A. Lewis) were electrocuted by a live wire on a shooting range.

His brother Glenn R. Moorman died in France and is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at Lorraine American Cemetery.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, David J. Damico, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Star Press

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Moorman Family