Moura, Arthur S. (01333512)

Arthur S. Moura
Personal details
Born	1923 Taunton, Massachusetts, In 1923
Died	29 October 2008
Nativity	United States
Religion	Catholic
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Arm / service	Infantry
ASN	01333512
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Camp Ritchie	Class 29 (13 April – 12 June 1945)
Section	6A

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Arthur S. Moura (1923 – 29 October 2008) was a Ritchie Boy (from United States; Catholic) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 29.

Biography

. Born in Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1923, Arthur Moura was a son of Portuguese immigrant parents. General Moura was a decorated Army officer who specialized in US-Latin American relations. General Moura was fluent in both Portuguese and Spanish. General Moura earned a BS degree from the University of Maryland and an MA degree in Latin American Civilization from the George Washington University in Washington. General Moura passed away on October 29, 2008 at the age of 85. Photo is of Moura in 1972. In 1943 he was drafted into the U.S. Army and, after basic training, married his high school sweetheart and fellow Portuguese-American, Jo. His language skills and hard-charging demeanor soon won him a slot at the Infantry Officer Candidate School and launched his career. Military decorations included the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit and the Army Commendation Medal with two clusters. He also earned the Order of the Southern Cross, and the Orders of Military Naval and Armed Forces Merit from Brazil. He served three tours at the Pentagon including one with the Joints Chiefs of Staff. He also served one tour in the Panama Canal Zone and two tours in Brazil, one in Rio and one in Brasilia, where he was the Defense Attaché. Included in his military career were nine special assignments at the White House under Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon. He was a frequent guest lecturer at the National War College, the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and the Foreign Service Institute on the role of the Latin American armed forces and U. He was inducted into both the Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame and the Hall of Fame of the Defense Intelligence as a Distinguished Military Attache. Following his retirement from the Army in 1975, after 33 years of continuous active duty, he and wife Jo stayed in Brazil where he served as Executive Assistant to the President for the international company, Mendes Junior Construction Group.

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	85
Class_ASN	1333512
Class_Name	MOURA, Arthur J.
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Sources

• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2023-01-17 (1 post)