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CHARLES LEWIS MOSS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 21, 1948 – October 24, 1968
Service recordCharles Lewis Moss JR, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 29
- JUAN MASILLOPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- EVERETT JACOB MEESTERSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MORLEY JRFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK MRAZIKPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY BURNSIDEPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 27
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 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.