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Personal info

Full name
MOORE, Billy Mack
Date of birth
8 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Paris, Lamar County, Texas
Hometown
Hopewell, Lamar County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38681159
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Near Petit-Réderching, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 9 8

Immediate family

Members
William M. Moore (father)
Elide Moore (mother)
Archie W. Moore (brother)
Wendell R. Moore (brother)
Ruth Moore (sister)
Ray Moore (brother)
Dorothy Moore (sister)

More information

Pfc Billy M. Moore worked on a farm before he enlisted at Camp Wolters, Texas on 25 February 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, http://87thinfantrydivision.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Veterans Researcher