Lyle Earl Moore Jr. | American Battle Monuments Commission

Korean War

Service #	AO-2070378
Unit	67 FTR BOMB SQ 18 FTR BOMB GP
Rank	First Lieutenant U.S. Air Force
Date of Death	December 15 1951
Status	Missing In Action
Memorialized	Courts of the Missing Court 8 Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Memorial 2177 Puowaina Drive 96813-1729 HI United States

67 FTR BOMB SQ 18 FTR BOMB GP

Air Medal

Korean Service Medal

National Defense Service Medal

Purple Heart

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation

Republic of Korea War Service Medal

United Nations Service Medal

First Lieutenant Moore was awarded the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Notes

First Lieutenant Moore was the pilot of a RF-51D Mustang night fighter with the 67th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Group. On December 15, 1951, while on a combat mission near KIchang, Korea, his aircraft crashed and burned during a bomb run. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.