Individual Details

Arie "Harry" Moerman

(13 Oct 1923 - 15 Aug 1944)

Events

Birth13 Oct 1923Sioux Township, Sioux, Iowa, United States
Baptism11 Nov 1923Lebanon, Sioux, Iowa, United States
Military1943England
Death15 Aug 1944as a tailgunner on an American bomber that was shot down - Weisbaden, Germany
Burial1960Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Namesakehis maternal uncle, Arie Schelling.

Families

FatherPieter Cornelisz. Moerman (1889 - 1964)
MotherTrijntje Jansdr. Schelling (1891 - 1971)
SiblingCornelius "Cornie" Moerman (1913 - 1999)
SiblingJohn Moerman (1914 - 1964)
SiblingAdrian "Eddie" Moerman (1915 - 1984)
SiblingHenrietta (Hendritzen) "Henny" Moerman (1917 - 2011)
SiblingPeter "Pete" Moerman (1918 - 2018)
SiblingWilliam "Bill" Moerman (1920 - 1981)
SiblingMagdalena "Mag" Moerman (1921 - 2011)
SiblingNellie Marie "Nell" Moerman (1925 - )
SiblingDena Elsie "Dolly" Moerman (1927 - )
SiblingKatherine Leona Moerman (1929 - 1929)
SiblingPaul Leonard Moerman (1931 - 2016)
SiblingLeonard Paul Moerman (1933 - 1934)

Notes

Military

Arie was a sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Corp serving as a tail gunner in European front during World War II.

Death

Harry's bomber was shot down over Germany and he was declared missing in action for a year.

Burial

Arie was initially buried in Germany. His remains were reburied in the American Cemetery in Luxembourg. His parents attended the dedication of the cemetery July 4, 1960. Then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave the dedication address.