Moore, Frank Harris

b.3/28/43 d.12/8/67. Frank was the son of J. James Moore and Elizabeth Harris Moore. They lived on Clearview Avenue, otherwise known as Harris Terrace.  Frank graduated from St. Philip grade school and Holy Innocents High School.  He attended St. Vincent College one year, and then enlisted in the U.S. Army.  He was assigned to Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning and commissioned 2nd Lieutenant.  He was sent to Vietnam and promoted to 1st. Lieutenant shortly after.  He was assigned to the Pacification Unit in Intelligence Operations.  On December 8th, 1967 in the company of another officer, he was investigating a native village for subversive activities.  A Vietnamese platoon accompanied them.  When their helicopter landed in a nearby rice field, the platoon fled and the officers were ambushed and killed by machine gun fire.  Frank was 24 years old.

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