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Personal info

Full name
MOORE, James Harrison
Date of birth
24 October 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Lake City, Columbia County, Florida
Hometown
Lake City, Columbia County, Florida

Military service

Service number
O-1323232
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 10 8

Immediate family

Members
James H. Moore (father)
Lois E. (Permenter) Moore (mother)
Elizabeth Moore (sister)
Geraldine Moore (sister)
Lee P. Moore (brother)
Johyce (Hallam) Moore (wife)
Peter Moore (son)
James H. Moore Jr. (son)

More information

1st Lt James H. Moore had been overseas for only six weeks.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Maidman (son), National Personnel Record Center USA, www.ancestry.com,
www.ww2-airborne.us/units/506/506_honor_off.html, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Maidman, Jan Immers