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 LACY
E. MOORE
Pfc. Lacy E. Moore, husband ol Myrtle Moore',
Route 3, Kings- will arrive in the United States, November 1 it has been
announced by the War Department
Private Moore entered the service October 28, 1942, at Camp
Blanding, Fla. He received basic training at Camp Blanding and six weeks
training at Parachute School at Fort Benning, Ga. From there he went to Camp
Mackall, N. C, serving eight months in the 508th Parachute Infantry. He
served 24 months 'overseas in the 82nd Airborne Division in Cassino, Aniio,
Holland, Ardennes and Germany.
He 'wears five battle stars, the Presidential Citation, with
cluster, Combat Infantry Badge and Good Conduct Medal.
[Kingsport Times, Kingsport, TN, 18 Oct 1945, Thu, Page 15] |
[courtesy of Donna Brummett]
Grave marker for Lacy E. and Ruth G. Moore in Oak Hill
Memorial Park, Kingsport (Sullivan county), Tennessee,
Lacy registered for the draft
on 16 October 1940 in Norton, VA, He was inducted into the Army in Richmond,
VA on 28 October 1942.
On 6 November 19452, Pvt Moore was transferred from Camp Lee, VA to Company
FD, 508th PIR. On 5
March 1943, he was declared as a qualified parachutist. He was
appointed to the grade of Pfc on 30 June 1943.
On 18 August 1943 Pfc Moore was place on Special Duty with
the Casual Company. Ten days later he was transferred to Replacement
Station 990. |
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DISCHARGED
Fort Knox, Ky.-- Four Kingsport men are among six upper
East Tennesseans to receive honorable discharges from the Army at the
Separation Center here.
The Kingsport men include Pfc. H. Jobe, 1220 Fairview Street, Pfc.
Raymond S. Dixon of Charles Street, Pfc. Lacy E. Moore of Route 3, and T/S
Charles Harris, 2933 Lafayette Circle.
T/4 Larry Minton of Route 2, Bluff City, and Sgt. Clarence A.:
Parker, 1 Jr., Route 3, Church Hill, have also' been discharged.
[Kingsport Times, Kingsport, TN, 14
Dec 1945, Fri, Page 6] |
