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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Charles James Moore.

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CHARLES JAMES MOORE

Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army

July 13, 1935 – September 14, 1968

Service record

Charles James Moore, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 44W · Line 58

Position of Panel 44W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant First Class (SFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
MACV ADVISORS
Born
July 13, 1935
Home of record
Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 14, 1968
Age
33
Province
Tay Ninh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

26 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 44W, Line 58

Same unit, same day

From Kansas City

All 150 names from Kansas City →

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.