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Pfc Joe E. Moss moved to Tennessee and got married. Before he enlisted he worked as a geographer.
At 0600, the attack was resumed, with the First Battalion advancing northeast, meeting moderate artillery fire and some direct fire from self-propelled guns, developing into heavy small arms and machine gun fire as the unit approached the railroad tracks in the vicinity of 442299. Heavy enemy small arms, final-protective-line fires, originating in the zone of the regiment on the right, denied the crossing of this railroad at the end of the period.

Resuming the attack at 0600 with Company F on the right and Companies E and G in colomn echeloned left rear, the second Battalion advanced another one and a half kilometers. Opposition consisted of direct fire from self-propelled guns and 20mm fire, with small arms fire increasing as the units approached the railroad. After having cleared the area in the vicinity of 440320, the Third Battalion attacked with Company I through the woods to the southeast in an effort to reach the railroad as assist the advance of the First Battalion, but by the end of the afternoon's advance had been unable to cross this line. Heavy concentrations of artillery fire, followed by heavy small arms fire were received in the First Battalion zone. It was felt that this was intended to be the build-up for a counterattack, but if such was the case, it was broken up by supporting artillery fire before it could hit the position.

At 2100, the Second and Third Battalions, in colomn of companies, battalions abreast, again attacked, securing positions of the railroad west of Gladbach.

Pfc Moss was killed in the fight for the railway near Gladbach.