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ADGER EUGENE MOODY
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
March 25, 1937 – March 21, 1969
Service recordAdger Eugene Moody, of Hartsville, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 103
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Practical Nurse (91C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 25, 1937
- Home of record
- Hartsville, South Carolina (Darlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 103
- EARL MARTIN MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · March 21, 1969
- GEORGE EDWARD MENNINGERCaptain · March 21, 1969
- FREDERICK C MILLER IIILance Corporal · March 21, 1969
- TED DOUGLAS MILLSSergeant · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM MALCOLM CHURCHLieutenant Colonel · Panel 29W, Line 95
- BARRY WADE GRAFSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 99
- THOMAS JACKSON GRINDSTAFFSpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 99
- HERMAN EARL LASSITERStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 101
- BILLY DAN MURPHYCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 104
- CHRIS ANTHONY SOUZACorporal · Panel 28W, Line 4
From Hartsville
- JAMES PHILEMON TYNERFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1966
- CORDIE LEE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- JAMES POSTONSergeant · September 9, 1966
- EMMITT ROOSEVELT GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- LAWRENCE WAITERSCorporal · August 28, 1968
- JAMES LEE WILKSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- THOMAS PICKETT BYRD KINGFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1971
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.