World War II Honoree

Virgil Lytle Moore, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Pikeville, Kentucky

Honored By

Sally and Lucy

Relationship

Daughters

SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER FROM 1943 TO 1945 AS AN OFFICER ON PATROL CRAFT, PC-1598, CONVERTED MINESWEEPER ORIGINALLY NAMED USS EXCEL (AM-94). DID CONVOY WORK FROM PEARL HARBOR TO NEW GUINEA AND PHILIPPINES; PARTICIPATED IN OKINAWA INVASION, ENGAGING IN SWEEP OPERATIONS AS MINE DEMOLITION VESSEL; PICKED UP COPILOT SURVIVOR OF B29 CRASH ON JULY 4, 1945.