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CHARLES KENNETH MORAN JR
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
August 1, 1932 – February 25, 1965
Service recordCharles Kenneth Moran JR, of Staunton, Virginia, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 25, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- August 1, 1932
- Home of record
- Staunton, Virginia (Staunton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1965
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1965. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 44
- JOHN EDWARD BAILEYMajor · May 10, 1966
- LARKIN MCDONALD BEGGS JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- JOHN WAYNE COATESPrivate · May 10, 1966
- MARVIN HOMER DAVISPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- JOEL MELNICKPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
From Staunton
- WOODROW MELVIN FITZGERALDCaptain · October 24, 1963
- DWIGHT POLLARD BOWLESMajor · November 3, 1965
- JERRY HOGUE HEIZERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- CLARENCE WILLIS OBIE IIILance Corporal · December 22, 1967
- THOMAS JOSEPH RICHARDS JRCorporal · May 10, 1968
- DENHAM A WHITESELL JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1968
- VICTOR LEE ELLINGERFirst Lieutenant · November 24, 1970
- FRANKLIN U BRECKENRIDGESpecialist Four · November 28, 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.