Always Remember Those Who Gave All: MC WW2 Gold Stars and MIA Survivors

Robert Breaker Moore (1920-1944)

MC Class: 1941

Years at MC: 1937-1941

Hometown: Greeneville, TN

Life at MC: French major; Highland Echo Business Staff and Business Manager

Military Branch: US Navy

Military Unit: USS Warrington (DD-383)

Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade

Medals Awarded: None Known

Date Missing: N/A

Date of Death: 13 September 1944

Location of Death: USS Warrington (DD-383) off the coast of Florida

Circumstances of Death: Died when the USS Warrington (DD-383) sunk off the coast of Florida during the 1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane.

Burial/Memorial Information: Memorials: Plot D8-8, Oak Grove Cemetery, Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76280608/robert-b-moore), Tablets of the Missing, East Coast Memorial, Manhattan (NYC), New York County, New York (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94159857/robert-b-moore), and East Tennessee Veterans Memorial, World's Fair Park, Knoxville, Tennessee (https://etvma.org/veterans/robert-b-moore-7373/)

Additional Information: The Robert Breaker Moore Scholarship Fund at Maryville College was established in his name.

Additional Images:

1941 HIghland Echo Staff (Moore may be standing, third from left)