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Personal info

Full name
MOORE, Nelson Kinnear
Date of birth
6 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Albany, Albany County, New York
Hometown
Albany, Albany County, New York

Military service

Service number
32293551
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
Medical Detachment,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Jenneville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 8 52

Immediate family

Members
Harold S. Moore (father)
Vera C. (Kinnear) Moore (mother)
Jo F. (Ray) Moore (wife)

More information

Pfc Nelson K. Moore graduated from Albany High School and attended Cazenovia Seminary and St Lawrence University. He was employed with his father in the dental supply business.

He enlisted in Albany, New York on 7 May 1942 and arrived overseas in October, 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, 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 / Moore Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Knickerbocker News - 31 January 1945