The Shamrock Genealogist

  Today is Memorial Day in the United States. This is a time to remember the men and women of the military who died during military service. They may have fought in battle and fell amongst their comrades. Or died in service, whether it was the 1918 influenza epidemic, a medical condition sustained during training, friendly fire accidents, and more.  John Alexander Moore III, my third cousin, was killed on 18 Nov. 1973. He was a Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class of the United States Navy. He died at twenty-six years old. Based on the year of his death, we would expect that he died in Vietnam. He actually died in an automobile accident in California and was pronounced dead upon arrival to the hospital. He was a sailor stationed at the Moffett Field Navy Dispensary.  John's father, also named John, applied for his military marker at Tucson Memorial Park in Tucson, Arizona. He was buried under a Latin Cross (the family was Catholic) and a flat bronze marker. How John Sr. must have ...