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CECIL JOE MOSER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 30, 1941 – April 21, 1968
Service recordCecil Joe Moser, of Higgins, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 23
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Higgins, Texas (Lipscomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 23
- GENE TRACY COVEYSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- RALPH MARTIN MAHONEYLance Corporal · April 21, 1968
- CHARLES MRDJENOVICHSecond Lieutenant · April 21, 1968
- JOHN MYRON VAUGHNLance Corporal · April 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CARL KLINKENBERGPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 22
From Higgins
- KEVIN ARLEY STOUTCorporal · April 10, 1970
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.