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ARTHUR DAVID MOSCRIP JR
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
May 22, 1943 – September 13, 1968
Service recordArthur David Moscrip JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 51
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
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Civil Engineer Corps (5105)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO NMCB 1 3 NC BDE
- Born
- May 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO NMCB 1 3 NC BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 51
- WILLIAM MANZANARES JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 13, 1968
- ARIEL MARINOSpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- GARY RICHARD MCFALLSergeant · September 13, 1968
- LONZO JOSEPH MORAN JRPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.