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ABRAHAM LINCOLN MOORE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 12, 1937 – October 11, 1969
Service recordAbraham Lincoln Moore, of Gaines, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 11, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 68
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 12, 1937
- Home of record
- Gaines, Pennsylvania (Tioga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 68
- WILLIE GEORGE LEWIS JRPrivate First Class · October 11, 1969
- ROBERT LOONEYSergeant · October 11, 1969
- DAVID LEROY MCCOMBSStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1969
- TIMOTHY R MIEDZIELECPrivate First Class · October 11, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.