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Personal info

Full name
MOORE, Joseph Ruffin
Date of birth
16 February 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Virginia
Hometown
Henrico County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
20360603
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
12 December 1945
Place of death
Between Brandenberg and Kleinhau, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.

Immediate family

Members
Clarence G. Moore (father)
Hattie Moore (mother)
Virginia Moore (sister)
Donald L. Moore (brother)
Clarence G. Moore Jr. (brother)
Thelma A. Moore (wife)
Barbara J. Moore (daughter)

More information

T/Sgt Joseph R. Moore joined the National Guard in Richmond, Virginia on 3 February 1941.

T/Sgt Moore was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that T/Sgt Joseph R. Moore, was accounted for on 20 December 2024. Further information will follow (information added February 2025).

A rosette is placed next to the name on the Tablets of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, The Times Dispatch 18 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com