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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Albert Moore JR.

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ALBERT MOORE JR

Private First Class · U.S. Army

July 17, 1942 – August 11, 1967

Service record

Albert Moore JR, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 24E · Line 100

Position of Panel 24E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 INF DIV
Born
July 17, 1942
Home of record
Houston, Texas (Harris County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 11, 1967
Age
25
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

16 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 24E, Line 100

Same unit, same day

From Houston

All 358 names from Houston →

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.