Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
MOOG, Thomas J
Date of birth
11 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York
Hometown
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York

Military service

Service number
20229631
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Avricourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 34 4

Immediate family

Members
Philip P. Moog Sr. (father)
Mary A. (Bannon) Moog (mother)
Philip P. Moog Jr. (brother)
Mary J. Moog (sister)
Charles A. Moog (brother)
William J. Moog (brother)
Joseph Moog (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Thomas J. Moog attended high school for two years and was a sales clerk before he joined the National Guard in New York City, New York on 16 September 1940.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Farina Wilkie Tree / U.S. New York National Guard Service Cards / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Grzeskowiak Tottenville Tree, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy