World War II Honoree

Fletcher Langley Moore

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Camden, South Carolina

Honored By

James O. Sweeny

Relationship

Classmate

HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. NAVY AS A PHARMACIST’S MATE 3RD CLASS ON JANUARY 26, 1943. HE WAS SENT TO THE NAVAL TRAINING STATION AT BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND FOR INITIAL TRAINING, AND THEN TO THE NAVAL MEDICAL SCHOOL IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND FOR 20 WEEKS. HIS NEXT ASSIGNMENT WAS AT THE U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL AT BAINBRIDGE, FOLLOWED BY AN ASSIGNMENT AT THE U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL AT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. HE HAD AN OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENT AT THE NAVAL HOSPITAL IN OKINAWA BEFORE HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON NOVEMBER 29, 1945 AS A PHARMACIST'S MATE 2ND CLASS. HE WAS AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.