Ulvert M. Moore, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetUlvert M. Moore
US Navy officer
Date of Birth: 26-Aug-1917
Place of Birth: Williamson, West Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 04-Jun-1942
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Ulvert M. Moore
- Ulvert Mathew Moore (26 August 1917 – 4 June 1942) was a U.S.
- Naval aviator during World War II, who died in the Battle of Midway. Moore was born on 26 August 1917 at Williamson, West Virginia.
- He enlisted in the Naval Reserve on 15 October 1940 at Washington, D.C., and served as a seaman 2d class until appointed an aviation cadet on 14 January 1941.
- After flight training at Jacksonville and Miami, Fla., into the summer of 1941, Moore then received advanced carrier training at Norfolk, Va. Assigned to Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8)—embarked in Hornet (CV-8)—soon thereafter, Moore was killed in action on 4 June 1942, during the Battle of Midway.
- Flying a Douglas TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bomber, Ensign Moore perished in VT-8's gallant torpedo attack—led by Lieutenant Commander John C.
- Waldron—against the Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu of the Midway-bound task force under Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo.
- Moore was awarded a posthumous Navy Cross for pressing home his attack despite being grimly aware that VT-8 lacked fighter cover.
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