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ALLAN JOHN MOORE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 2, 1949 – May 8, 1970
Service recordAllan John Moore, of La Porte, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 1
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1949
- Home of record
- La Porte, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 1
- STEVE LAIL MARTINPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
- RICHARD ALAN MATHEISCorporal · May 8, 1970
- ROBERT EARLE MINCEYCaptain · May 8, 1970
- LARRY GENE MORGANSpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
From La Porte
- CHARLES W LINDEWALD JRMaster Sergeant · February 7, 1968
- CALVIN HART BIGGERSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- JERRY LEE PETERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- ROGER WILLIAM PEDUESergeant · May 16, 1969
- JAMES MICHALSKIPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- DAVID RANDLE PORTERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- JAMES MONTGOMERY WITHEESpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
- DONALD RAY MCINTOSHPetty Officer Third Class · February 12, 1970
- LAWRENCE EMIL LUNDGRENSpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- FRANCIS WILLIAM HARTERSergeant · November 9, 1970
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.