World War II Honoree

Nathaniel Moss

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Gregg County, Texas

Honored By

Ralph Bozorth

PRIVATE ASSIGNED TO BATTERY C, 333RD FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION, 10TH INFANTRY DIVISION. CAPTURED BY GERMAN TROOPS DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE IN THE TOWN OF WERETH, BELGIUM ON DECEMBER 17, 1944. HE ALONG WITH 10 OTHER PRISONERS HAD THEIR HELMETS AND RIFLES TAKEN, WERE FORCED TO SIT ON THE COLD AND WET GROUND UNTIL DARK AND EVENTUALLY MADE TO RUN NEARLY 800 METERS OUT OF TOWN, CHASED BY A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY THE GERMAN SOLDIERS. THEY THEN WERE BRUTALLY MURDERED AND THEIR BODIES DUMPED IN A ROADSIDE DITCH. THIS ATROCITY IS KNOWN AS THE WERETH MASSACRE.