Sergeant Fae Verlin Moore comes home

In August, Hondo told us that Sergeant Fae Verlin Moore had been identified by DPAA with the help of History Flight on Betio Island. Sergeant Moore came home last week according to the Sheridan County Journal;

Moore was a proud Nebraskan who spent his youth on the farm on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and became a ranch hand for about five years after graduating from high school. Then, on Aug. 18, 1941, he enlisted in the United States Marines in Minneapolis, Minn. for training. On Dec. 2, 1941, Moore received orders to join Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division.

His [M]arine division fought in the Battle of Guadalcanal during November of 1942. The following March, Moore became Private First Class Moore as his unit was sent to New Zealand to train for the Battle of Tarawa Atoll. He received high marks from his commanding officer and was promoted to [Corporal] Moore on July 20, 1943, and then a sergeant shortly afterward…He was killed in action during the battle of Tarawa in World War II on Nov. 20, 1943, but his sacrifice will continue to be remembered by friends and family for decades.