Fort Moore Main Post Cemetery is a military cemetery at

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. Over 10,000

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soldiers and their dependents have been interred at the 8.38-acre facility since it was established in 1922. The first recorded interment occurred on 13 December 1922. Other burials at the cemetery include forty-four German and seven Italian prisoners of war who died at nearby detention camps during

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, as well as four allied Chinese pilots. As of July 2022, there are three

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recipients and twenty general officers interred at the cemetery.

Notable burials

Medal of Honor recipients

* SP4 Donald R. Johnston * COL Robert B. Nett * COL Edward R. Schowalter Jr.

Other burials

* BG

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* LTG

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* CSM Edward Crook Jr. * MAJ Myron Diduryk * LTG Harold G. Moore Jr. and his wife

Julia Compton Moore Julia Compton Moore (February 10, 1929April 18, 2004) was the wife of Hal Moore, a United States Army officer. Her efforts and complaints in the aftermath of the Battle of Ia Drang prompted the U.S. Army to set up survivor support networks and ...

* CSM Basil L. Plumley * MG

George D. Shea George D. Shea (January 11, 1894 – January 13, 1971) was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, Shea attained the rank of major general, and was a recipient of the Army Distingui ...

* LTG George R. Stotser * MG

Thomas M. Tarpley Thomas McKee Tarpley (4 July 1922 – 18 December 1986) was an American soldier in the United States Army. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1944. Tarpley then served in World War II and in Vietnam, from February 1971 ...

* LTG Robert L. Wetzel

References

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