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BILLY RAY MOORE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 8, 1946 – September 6, 1966
Service recordBilly Ray Moore, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 72
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 72
- NORMAN LEE BUNDYLieutenant (junior grade) · September 6, 1966
- GARY DWIGHT JEFFERISSpecialist Four · September 6, 1966
- GREGORY A LEIGHTONSpecialist Four · September 6, 1966
- STANLEY DENNIS PFROMMERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE HAMILTONLance Corporal · September 7, 1966
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- WARREN EDWARD KECKSpecialist Five · March 10, 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.