Moseley, Loren Edward

1918 - 1985  (67 years)

• Name	Moseley, Loren Edward
  Birth	20 Apr 1918	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	MOSE.L002
  _FGRAVE	129583568
  Military Service	World War II, Staff Sergeant, Company H, 381st Infantry Regiment, 96th 'Deadeye' Infantry Division, United States Army  [4]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on October 28, 1942 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Completed basic training, qualified in the military occupational specialty of Heavy Mortar Crewman (1607) and assigned to Company H, 381st Infantry Regiment, 96th ''Deadeye' Infantry Division. Departed the U.S. with his unit on July 26, 1944 bound for the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations. After further training in Hawaii, entered combat in the Southern Philippine Islands Campaign via an assault landinding in Leyte Gulf and again via an assault landing at Okinawa in the Ryukyus Campaign. Earned the Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon with bronze arrowhead and 2 bronze battle stars, WWII Victory Medal and the Philippine Liberation Medal with 1 bronze battle star. Honorably discharged as a Staff Sergeant on January 10, 1946 at the Separation Center, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission. Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2051541
  		World War II Honoree, Moseley, Loren (1918-1985)
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army
  		Staff Sergeant (abbreviated as S/Sgt.), United States Army and United States Army Air Forces (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
  		96th Infantry ("Deadeye") Division, United States Army
  		96th Infantry Division ("Deadeye"), United States Army
  		Combat Infantryman Badge, United States Army
  		Combat Infantryman Badge, United States Army
  		Military Service Ribbons, Moseley, Loren E. (1919-2001) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Bronze Star Medal, United States
  		Bronze Star Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Army
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
  		Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
  		Camp Grant, Illinois
  		Jefferson Barracks Military Post, Lemay, Missouri
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  Death	23 Jul 1985	Manhattan, Will County, Illinois   [5]
  Burial	Manhattan Center Cemetery, Manhattan, Will County, Illinois
  Person ID	I18186	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Moseley, David Leslie,   b. 1886, Illinois d. 6 Nov 1953 (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Evans, Cora E.,   b. 1891, Illinois d. 17 Jun 1965 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1, 2, 3, 6]
  Family ID	F8123	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rice, Naoma Ruth,   b. 30 Mar 1928, Flora, Clay County, Illinois d. 5 Apr 1995, Manhattan, Will County, Illinois (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F19496	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Manhattan Center Cemetery, Manhattan, Will County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3965] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Illinois, (District 13-4) (Township), image 9, page 5a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00087?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 3). [S664] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 0004) (Township), image 06, page 3b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6224/4584337_00620?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fd), none. (Reliability: 2). [S231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, Enumeration District 3, Page 1B, (http://search.ancestry.com/content/viewer.aspx?dbid=6061&iid=4300174_00609&noredir=true&sid=&gskw=) (Reliability: 2). [S14785] World War II Honoree, Loren Moseley, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2051541), none. (Reliability: 2). [S4577] Obituary, Taylor, Fontella, 88 (Reliability: 2). [S4576] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Moseley, D. Leslie and Cora E., (http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24054142), none. (Reliability: 2).