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ANTHONY LOUIS MOORE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1946 – April 29, 1968
Service recordAnthony Louis Moore, of Pride, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Pride, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 4
- JOHN TURNER DUNLAP IIISecond Lieutenant · April 29, 1968
- GARY LEIGH MACKSergeant · April 29, 1968
- ELMER MARTINStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1968
- DAVID LYNN MASSAPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM JOHNSON JRSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 2
- JAMES EDWARD WALKER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 8
- DAVID VERNON WHINNERYPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 8
From Pride
- EUGENE MORRIS JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
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.