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SSgt Howard R Moore

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SSgt Howard R Moore Veteran

Birth
Death
3 Mar 1944 (aged 22)
Burial
Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy Add to Map
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Sgt. Moore, member of a B-24 Liberator bomber crew, was first reported missing in action March 3, 1944, and was thus carried on the War Department records until August 31, 1945, when his relatives were informed by the government that Sgt. Moore was now presumed dead.
Staff Sgt. Howard R. Moore was born February 10, 1922, at Anita, Iowa and died in the service of his country March 3, 1944, at the age of 22 years and 15 days.
Howard entered military service on October 17, 1942 in the Army Air Force as an assistant engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber that crashed in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Civitavecchia, Italy.
A memorial service was held September, 1945, at the Baptist Church in Corning, Iowa.

Note: Howard has a cenotaph marker in the Florence American Cemetery, memorial #56365519

Sgt. Moore, member of a B-24 Liberator bomber crew, was first reported missing in action March 3, 1944, and was thus carried on the War Department records until August 31, 1945, when his relatives were informed by the government that Sgt. Moore was now presumed dead.
Staff Sgt. Howard R. Moore was born February 10, 1922, at Anita, Iowa and died in the service of his country March 3, 1944, at the age of 22 years and 15 days.
Howard entered military service on October 17, 1942 in the Army Air Force as an assistant engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber that crashed in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Civitavecchia, Italy.
A memorial service was held September, 1945, at the Baptist Church in Corning, Iowa.

Note: Howard has a cenotaph marker in the Florence American Cemetery, memorial #56365519


Inscription

1LT 488 BOMB SQ 340 BOMB GP(M) PA

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Iowa.



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  • Maintained by: Dee
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56365519/howard_r-moore: accessed ), memorial page for SSgt Howard R Moore (16 Feb 1922–3 Mar 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56365519, citing Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy; Maintained by Dee (contributor 47925131).