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Personal info

Full name
MOEWS, Anthony Clarence Aloysius
Date of birth
25 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Bloomington, McClean County, Illinois
Hometown
Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36981945
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Biesdorf-Kruchten, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 3 15

Immediate family

Members
Jacob J. Moews (father)
Rosa Moews (mother)
Jacob J. Moews (brother)
Albert F. Moews (brother)
George V. Moews (brother)
Clara L. Moews (sister)
Madeline M. Moews (sister)
Mildred L. Moews (sister)
Paul R. Moews (brother)
Myrtle (Thomas) Moews (wife)
Thomas Moews (son)
Joseph Moews (son)
Ruth Moews (daughter)

More information

Pfc Anthony C. A. Moews was a shipping clerk, employed by the Campbell Hoton Company before he enlisted on 1 July 1941.

He was married to Myrtle Thomas on 28 June 1941.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admisson Card File / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - The Pantagraph