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Personal info

Full name
MORIARTY, John David
Date of birth
19 June 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Cabin Creek, Kanawha County, West Virginia
Hometown
Kanawha County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35428820
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 10 29

Immediate family

Members
Michael L. Moriarty (father)
Ethel A. (Kittinger) Moriarty (mother)
Garrett J. Moriarty (brother)
Margaret H. Moriarty (sister)
Thomas G. Moriarty (brother)
Sherlie R. Moriarty (wife)

More information

Pfc John D. Moriarty enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 27 April 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / West Virginia Birth Index / WWII Draft Cards / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949

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