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1st Lt Joseph M. Moore graduated from Greenbrier Military School and attended college for one year.

He enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 15 June 1943.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. The citation reads: While serving with the 319th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces on 6 September 1944 in the vicinity of Toul, France. During the attack upon a heavily fortified enemy position, Lt Moore, a platoon leader, displayed great personal bravery. The main enemy fortification, a concrete and steel pillbox, was located on the crest of a hill supported by excellent fields of fire. As the attack progressed, Lieutenant Moore's platoon was momentarily halted by enemy heavy machine gun fire. Realizing that his platoon in its exposed position would be annihilated, Lieutenant Moore, displaying excellent leadership and total disregard for his personal safety, advanced to the vicinity of the machine gun and silenced it with hand grenades. Although seriously wounded, Lt Moore gallantly continued to lead his platoon and so inspired his men that they overran and destroyed the entire enemy position.

On 10 November 1944, Lt Moore was again reported severely wounded in action by small arms fire in the vicinity of the Bois de la Fouillouse Pon de Chasse, northwest of Tincry. He was evacuated to the 60th Field Hospital in Athienville, France, where he died of his wounds.