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Personal info

Full name
MOSES, John Richard
Date of birth
5 November 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Osterburg, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Imler, Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33761302
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Dieuze, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 96

Immediate family

Members
Warren S. Moses (father)
Ella G. (Kauffman) Moses (mother)
Mary M. Moses (sister)
David C. Moses (brother)
Sherman B. Moses (brother)
Charles R. Moses (brother)
Ethel G. Moses (sister)
Lilly R. Moses (sister)
Warren M. Moses (brother)
Betty Moses (sister)

More information

Pfc John R. Moses worked on the family farm before he enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 5 June 1943.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his leg.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Erin Duggan Arvin Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com
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