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BILL ARTHUR MOSCHETTI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 24, 1949 – March 23, 1969
Service recordBill Arthur Moschetti, of Oakland, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 19
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 19
- CHARLES DRAYTON HENRICKSFirst Lieutenant · March 23, 1969
- ROY LEE HOWARDCorporal · March 23, 1969
- HOWARD MICHAEL MEUTEPetty Officer Third Class · March 23, 1969
- JOHN LEE MORRISPrivate First Class · March 23, 1969
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.