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CHARLES RAY MOORE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 21, 1946 – September 6, 1969
Service recordCharles Ray Moore, of Ferndale, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 49
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Ferndale, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 49
- BERNARD A MCDERMOTT IIICaptain · September 6, 1969
- GAYMAN CRANDALL OGBOURNSergeant · September 6, 1969
- RONNIE PAGEPrivate · September 6, 1969
- RICHARD ELOY PEREZLance Corporal · September 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ERNEST AHLSTROMPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 45
- FREDERICK HARRY BARRETTCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 45
- LESTER HAROLD LEOPOLDCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 48
- DONALD BRYAN MANCILLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 48
- MICHAEL MCKENZIE MAYESergeant · Panel 18W, Line 48
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.