Eugene LeRoy Moore

Marine Corps Regular | Service Number 832073

Born

July 11, 1924
in Barberton, OH

Parents

Blake LeRoy Moore
Nellie Mae (White) Moore

School

East High School
Hower Vocational School

Pre-War Employment

Firestone Tire & Rubber Company

Entered Service

March 4, 1943
at Cleveland, OH

Joined First Battalion

August 26, 1943
from Infantry Battalion, Camp Elliott

Left First Battalion

July 24, 1944
Killed in action at Tinian

Left Service

July 24, 1944
Killed in action

Home Address and Next of Kin

26 Buick Court, Akron, OH – home of sister, Miss Kathleen E. Moore
Blake and Nellie divorced in 1939; she remarried Samuel Edward Frase in 1940. Eugene and his younger brother William lived for a time in the Summit County Children’s Home, Akron. In 1942, the Frase-Moore family all lived at 26 Buick Court.

Service & Campaigns

Before joining battalion

Boot camp at MCRD San Diego; infantry school at Camp Elliott, California.
Outposted directly to First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Pendleton.

Roi-Namur

Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: PFC
MOS: 746 (BARman)

Campaign Narrative

Saipan

Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: PFC
MOS: 746 (BARman)
Important Events:
June 22, 1944 – wounded in action (unknown cause); evacuated, destination unknown

Returned to duty at an unknown date prior to the Tinian operation.

Campaign Narrative

Tinian

Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: PFC
MOS: 746 (BARman)
Important Events:
July 24, 1944 – killed in action (gunshot, head) during landing operations on Tinian.

Campaign Narrative