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AMON FRANKLIN MOORE JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 19, 1942 – February 17, 1968
Service recordAmon Franklin Moore JR, of Palestine, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 72
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Equipment Operator (EO)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 62 3 NC BDE
- Born
- October 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Palestine, Texas (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 72
- HENRY F HENDERSON IIIPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- FRANK LEE HOGEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN JACKSONSergeant · February 17, 1968
- SYLVESTER WARREN MCFARLANDLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
From Palestine
- THOMAS DARRELL WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- TONIE LEE ENGLAND JRCaptain · March 21, 1967
- EARL DAWSON LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- ROGER ALLEN THOMPSONLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- JAMES TUCKER STOVALLSecond Lieutenant · November 7, 1968
- JAMES AUBREY HULSEYPrivate First Class · April 13, 1970
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER BECKERFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1970
- TERRELL LEE RAWLINSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 25, 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.