United States Marine, Richard Wraxall Moore, was a grandson of US Congressman Joseph Pulitzer and a great-great-grandson of poet Clement Clarke Moore. After serving 27 months in the Pacific Theater during World War II, he volunteered again for combat duty and died in action on Okinawa. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1921/07/00 | Edith Pulitzer Moore, wife of William S Moore, gives birth to a son, Richard Wraxall Moore. | Born | |||||
| 1935/00/00 | Richard Moore attends St Paul School. | Education | St Paul's School, Concord | Concord, NH | |||
| 1940/00/00 | Richard Moore completes one year at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. | Education | Williams College, Williamstown | Williamstown, MA | |||
| 1943/00/00 | Pfc Moore takes part in the Guadalcanal campaign. | Military | Solomon Islands | ||||
| 1943/07/00 | Back in the United States, Pfc Moore volunteers for combat duty in the Pacific. | Military | |||||
| 1945/06/19 | US Marine PFC Richard Wraxall Moore, 29th Marines 6th Marine Division, is killed in action in Okinawa. In July 1945, the 6th division will be moved to the American island of Guam. | Died | Okinawa | Japan | |||
| 1950/00/00 | US Marine PFC Richard Wraxall Moore is buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii, SECTION M 757. | In Memoriam | National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific | Honolulu |
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