Private Walter Bowen Moore Jr. was assigned to the 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, The Big Red One. The 1st Division landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944. Pvt Moore was Killed in Action on 12 June 1944 in the Normandy Battle. He is interred at H,2,28, Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
He was the son of Walter Bowen Moore Sr. and Carolyn Louise Witt. Husband of Dorothy Elizabeth Robinson.
- Rank: Private
- Date of birth: 16 January 1924
- Date of death: 12 June 1944
- County: Hamilton
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Battles: Normandy Campaign
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XI, Middle Panel
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