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Personal info

Full name
MOORE, Rogers Wootten
Date of birth
19 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Ione, Logan County, Arkansas
Hometown
Scott County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
18135996
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
551st Parachute Infantry Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Trois-Ponts and Basse-Bodeax, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 7 26

Immediate family

Members
William L. Moore (father)
Pearl (Wootten) Moore (mother)
William L. Moore Jr. (brother)
James C. Moore (brother)
Ima R. Moore (sister)

More information

Rogers Moore worked for the Harrison Construction Co before he enlisted in June 1942.

His brother S/Sgt William L. Moore Jr. is remembered on the Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, NARA, WWIIMemorial, WW2Airborne, www.ancestry.com - Arkansas First Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945 / 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - chain gang