Lt. Col. Clifton Grey Mooring U. S. Army Air Corps

   Cause of his death was Cancer.

  General Notes:

The 1910 Federal Census for Richmond, VA, Richmond Jefferson Ward, District 88 records Clifton Grey Mooring (8 - VA) living with his parents John L. (54 - VA/VA/VA) and Nettie D. (49 - VA/VA/VA) Mooring and siblings Nannie D. (23), Walter F. (19), Edward W. (18), Maude (16), Alice (14), Floyd K. (12), Richard H. (10), and Claude B. (5) at 115 N 19th Street. John and Nettie have been married for 30 years and have had 13 children all of whom are still living. John works for the State Armory.

The WWI Draft Registraion Cards for the Mooring brothers record:
Walter Frank Mooring born April 29, 1890
Floyd Keetoon Mooring born Sept 6, 1897
Richard Hartwell Mooring born Sept 8, 1900
They all live at 115 North 19th Street in Richmond, VA.

The 1920 Federal Census for Richmond, VA, Richmond Jefferson Ward, District 119 records Grey C. Mooring (18 - VA) living with his parents John L. (65 - VA/VA/VA) and Nettie D. (58 - VA/VA/VA) Mooring and siblings Floyd K. (22), Richard H. (20), and Bruce D. (15) at 115 N 19th Street.

The 1930 Federal Census for Manchester, Chesterfield Co., VA District 8 records C. Grey Mooring (27) living with his widowed mother Nettie D. Mooring (68) and brother Walter F. Mooring (40) at 4536 New Kent Avenue. Grey and Walter are Store Keepers at the State Military.

The 1938 Hill's Richmond, Virginia City Directory records:
C Grey (Jean V) Mooring asst military storekpr State Adjutant-Genl h4536 New Kent av [home of Grey's parents ... see notes on his mother, Nettie, and his brother, Walter]

Georgia Deaths, 1919-98 Records:
Name: Clifton G Mooring
Death Date: 18 Oct 1947
County of Death: Va
Gender: M
Race: W
Age: 46 years
County of Residence: Ft Gordon
[Ft. Gordon is located in Richmond, Jefferson, McDuffie, and Columbia counties, Georgia]
Certificate: 22340

U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca.1800-2004 Records:
Clifton G Mooring Veteran's Rank: LT. COL AIR CORPS Branch: US Army Last known address: 1701 Williamsburg Road Richmond , VA 23231 [This is the Cemetery address] Birth Date: 14 Mar 1902 Death Date: 18 Oct 1947 Interment Date: 21 Oct 1947 Cemetery: Richmond National Cemetery Buried At: Section 1c Site 5230 Cemetery URL: <http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/richmond.htm>
Richmond National Cemetery
1701 Williamsburg Road
Richmond, VA 23231
Phone: (804) 795-2031 or 2278
FAX: (804) 795-1064

WWII Arny enlistment record:
Clifton G Mooring Birth Year: 1902 Race: White, citizen Nativity State or Country: Virginia State: Virginia County or City: Henrico Enlistment Date: 3 Feb 1941 Enlistment State: Virginia Enlistment City: Richmond Branch: Infantry Branch Code: Infantry Grade: Sergeant Grade Code: Sergeant Term of Enlistment: One year enlistment Component: National Guard (Officers, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men) Source: National Guard Education: 2 years of high school Civil Occupation: Addressing-Embossing Machine Operator or Clerk, General Marital Status: Married Height: 67 Weight: 165

  Research Notes:

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Clifton G Mooring
Birth Year: 1902
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State Or Country: Virginia
State Of Residence: Virginia
County Or City: Henrico
Enlistment Date: 3 Feb 1941
Enlistment State: Virginia
Enlistment City: Richmond
Branch: Infantry
Branch Code: Infantry
Grade: Sergeant
Grade Code: Sergeant
Term Of Enlistment: One year enlistment
Component: National Guard (Officers, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: National Guard
Education: 2 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Clerks, general office
Marital Status: Married
Height: 67
Weight: 165

Clifton married Jeanette Virginia Hagen, daughter of Edwin Walter Hagen II and Mary Elizabeth (Maime) Rannels (Reynolds), on 18 Nov 1933 in Richmond, VA. (Jeanette Virginia Hagen was born on 14 Oct 1914 in Mechanicsburg, PA and died on 8 Aug 1978 in Saratoga, Santa Clara, CA..)