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BILLY EUGENE MOORE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 28, 1941 – January 21, 1970
Service recordBilly Eugene Moore, of Davis, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 53
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Teletypwriter Repairer (31J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Davis, California (Yolo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 53
- JOHN CURTIS KROEGERSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- KENNETH RICHARD KROEHLERStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1970
- RICHARD LOUIS METCALFSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- MORRIS CALVIN MILES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MORRIS CALVIN MILES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 53
From Davis
- JAMES PATRICK GALVINSpecialist Five · December 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BAROVETTOCaptain · January 7, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT NASHSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- JAMES GRAY ROWE JRSergeant · June 29, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM OKEEFEMajor · June 19, 1969
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.