Joseph V. Moore
Private Joseph V. Moore, Serial: 32155463, Coast Artillery Corps, U.S. Army. Buried at Corozal American Cemetery and Memorial, Corozal, Panama.
Private Joseph V. Moore was born on October 10, 1918 to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel and Elizabeth Moore. The Moores had been born in Newfoundland, Canada, and like many of his countrymen, Daniel Moore had come to Camden NJ to work in the shipyards and other industries in the then growing city. They arrived in the United States in 1898. Joseph Moore was the youngest child; before him came Margaret Mary, Catherine, Elizabeth, Peter, and Anna. By 1920 Daniel Moore and his family were living at 756 Division Street in Camden and they were still there in 1930, less Mrs. Moore, who had passed away. By 1935 the family had moved to 925 Penn Street. Daniel Moore died in 1936. When the Census was taken in 1940, Joseph V. Moore was working as a machine operator in one of Camden’s leather factories. He was living with his brother Peter Joseph Moore, and sister Margaret Mary Moore, at 925 Penn Street.
Joseph V. Moore was inducted into the Army early in 1941. Assigned to a coast artillery unit (most likely the 4th Coast Artillery Regiment), he drowned on February 18, 1944 while serving at Balboa in the Panama Canal Zone. Private Moore was survived by his brother, Peter Moore, then serving in the United Kingdom, and his sister Margaret, with whom he had made his home, at 925 Penn Street in Camden NJ. His death was reported in the February 25, 1944 evening edition of the Camden Courier-Post.
Camden Soldier Drowning Victim
Camden Courier-Post —
Death of a Camden soldier by drowning at Balboa, Panama Canal Zone, was revealed by his family today.
A telegram from the War Department to Margaret Moore, 925 Penn street, notified her of the death of her brother, Pvt. Joseph V. Moore, 25, who has been in the service nearly three years.
The telegram gave no details of the drowning except that it occurred last Friday. Miss Moore said she last heard from her brother Feb. 4 when she received a letter telling her he was going overseas. Another brother, Peter Moore, 33, is in England. He has been in the service two years.
Mass to Be Sung for 12 Dead Heroes
Camden Courier-Post —
Service to Take Place Tomorrow at Church Here
A Solemn Requiem High Mass for 12 sons of Newfoundland-American parents who died in the war will be celebrated tomorrow at 8 a. m. at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Broadway and Ferry avenue.
The Mass will be celebrated at the requests of the Newfoundland-American women’s auxiliary headed by Mrs. Agnes V. Kehoe, 1257 Whitman avenue. The men include a Bronze Star winner, the late Harold S. McLean, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry McLean, Third and Chapel avenue, Merchantville, who was killed in France in June, 1944. He was awarded the decoration posthumously for meritorious service in combat.
One of the first South Jersey men to die in the war was Cpl. Frederick G. Corbett, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Corbett, 3725 King avenue, Pennsauken. Corbett was captured near Manila in the Philippines on Dec. 8, 1941. He died in an enemy prison camp in July, 1942. His parents recently were visited by Cpl. Herbert Black, Tutwiler, Miss., who was with Fredrick at the prison camp and assisted him in burial.
Pvt. George D. Flynn, 36, of 38 South Sussex street, Gloucester, died in June, 1944, of wounds received during action in France after 29 months service.
Edward F. Keenan, 312 Broadway, Gloucester, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Keenan, was killed in Germany during November, 1944.
Pvt. Joseph V. Moore, 25, whose sister, Margaret, lives at 430 Penn street, was drowned in the Panama Canal.
Pvt. William McDonald, 34, son of Michael McDonald, 1110 Marion street, was killed in August, 1945, in France. His mother, Elizabeth, is living in Newfoundland.
Michael F. Mahoney, 30, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Mahoney, 709 Morgan boulevard, was killed on Tarawa when the bomber of which he was a crew member exploded during a take-off. His widow, Anna, lives at 1234 Jackson street.
Daniel Skain, 19, of 3 Troy avenue, Bellmawr, was lost in October, 1944, when his destroyer was torpedoed in the Pacific.
Young Philomena Flynn will also be remembered in the Mass. S/Sgt. William Mahoney, 26, son of Mrs. Phillip McDonald, 2244 East Monmouth street, was killed on Luzon in May, 1945.
John Keating, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Keating, 2998 Chatham street, was killed in January, 1945, while serving with the Rainbow Division in France.
Vincent Rotchford, 24, of 2994 Chatham street, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Rotchford, was killed while serving with the Army in the Pacific. He was employed at the New York Shipyard.
Cpl. Raymond Welsh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Welsh, 2927 Weikel street, was killed in January, 1945, in Germany.
Application for Headstone or Marker
Application for Headstone or Marker, Private Joseph V. Moore.
Corozal American Cemetery, Panama
Gravestone of Private Joseph V. Moore, Corozal American Cemetery, Panama.