Cap, Visor, Officer's, US Army, 1st Lt. David Moncur, Co. H, 379th Inf. Regt., 95th Infantry Division, KIA, December 14, 1944

Great genuine WWII US Army officer's visor cap, manufactured by Nudelman Bros.

Size 7 ⅛.

Complete and in excellent overall condition.

Inscription Lt. D.K. Moncur is visible on the reverse of the sweatband.

David Keith Moncur was born on April 28, 1911 in Hand, South Dakota and joined the Oregon National Guard on June 14, 1937. Inducted into Federal Service on September 16, 1940 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (officer's ASN O-403052), he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant on June 6, 1942. Initially serving with Company M, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Division, he deployed to Europe in July 1944 and transferred to Company H, 379th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division in November of that year. He was reported missing in action in the vicinity of Saarlautern, Saarland, Germany on December 5, 1944, prior to being considered killed in action on December 14.

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