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ANDRES MORENO JR
Private · U.S. Army
December 5, 1950 – October 5, 1970
Service recordAndres Moreno JR, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Las Cruces, New Mexico (Dona Ana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 114
- JOSEPH MCGUCKINSpecialist Four · October 5, 1970
- ELPIDIO J RAVELO-TORIBIOSpecialist Four · October 5, 1970
- DENNIS EDWARD VACENOVSKYFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1970
- WILLIE JAMES RAYPrivate First Class · October 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LOUIS DEERPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 113
From Las Cruces
- JOHN MILTON RISNERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- JOE MAC KEMPCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT F CHAMBERLAINWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1966
- JUAN MANUEL ALBA ZAMORACorporal · July 18, 1967
- JOHN RAMAGE BARBOURPetty Officer Third Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID REAY MALINSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- WALTER CLIFFORD BUNYEA JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- ANDY ANASTACIO CABRERACorporal · January 3, 1968
- JESSE MECHEMFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- CHARLE CORDOVA FLORESSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
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.