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CARLOS DAVID MOORE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 7, 1947 – July 27, 1966
Service recordCarlos David Moore, of Harlan, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 81
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Harlan, Kentucky (Harlan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 81
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- MELVIN WARREN MCDOWELLPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- BARRY LEE MOTTCorporal · July 27, 1966
- HAROLD W REINBOTT JRSpecialist Five · July 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILFORD COLLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 79
- JOSEPH FRANCIS HUNTStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 80
- JOE DAVID KEGLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 80
- MELVIN WARREN MCDOWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 81
- HAROLD W REINBOTT JRSpecialist Five · Panel 9E, Line 81
- JOSEPH C SAMPSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9E, Line 82
- JERRY L SCHEMELPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 82
- RUTHERFORD J WELSHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9E, Line 82
From Harlan
- ALFRED EVARTS WHITEHEADPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- VICTOR LANE MILLSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1969
- GEORGE THOMPSON JRSergeant · March 25, 1971
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.