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BERNARD JOSEPH MORAN JR
Master Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 25, 1937 – December 12, 1971
Service recordBernard Joseph Moran JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 12, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Imagery Interpretation Specialist (0241)
- Born
- December 25, 1937
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1971
- Age
- 33
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1971. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 87
- LLOYD STEVEN RAINEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1971
- JOHN GORDON BOYANOWSKILieutenant Colonel · December 14, 1971
- DWIGHT AMOS BREMMERSpecialist Four · December 14, 1971
- FLOYD DEAN CALDWELLStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1971
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.