World War II Honoree

Frank Addison Moore

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Coffeyville, Kansas

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

DRAFTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE IN MARCH, 1943. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER WITH THE 66TH INFANTRY 'PANTHER' DIVISION AT CAMP JOSEPH T. ROBINSON AT LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. DEPLOYED OVERSEAS IN 1944 AND SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER WITH THE 2ND INFANTRY 'INDIANHEAD' DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN THE NORMANDY, AND NORTHERN FRANCE CAMPAIGNS. TOOK PART IN THE ASSAULT ON THE GERMAN FORTIFIED CITY OF BREST BEGINNING AUGUST 25, 1944. FOUGHT AS PART OF THE ALL-OUT ATTACK ON THE CITY ITSELF BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 8, 1944. WOUNDED IN ACTION ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1944 AND MEDICALLY EVACUATED. LOST HIS RIGHT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE DUE TO WOUNDS AND SPENT A YEAR IN MCCLOSKEY GENERAL HOSPITAL IN TEMPLE, TEXAS UNDERGOING MEDICAL TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN SEPTEMBER, 1945 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.