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Personal info

Full name
MOORE, Beck J
Date of birth
25 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Boaz, Marshall County, Alabama
Hometown
Boaz, Marshall County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34974422
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 February 1945
Place of death
Herrlisheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 21 24

Immediate family

Members
William A. Moore (father)
Ethel B. (McCray) Moore (mother)
Willie B. Moore (sister)
Verna I. Moore (sister)
Laura E. Moore (sister)
James A. Moore (brother)
Mary O. Moore (sister)
Bessie J. Moore (sister)
Josie J. Moore (sister)
Lula G. Moore (wife)

More information

Pvt Beck J. Moore worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 27 March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Jordan Family Tree / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Alabama WWII Military Dead and Wounded, www.findagrave.com - Coleman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy