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CHARLES RAY MOUDRY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 20, 1946 – March 8, 1967
Service recordCharles Ray Moudry, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 41
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1967; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 41
- JAMES WILLMER MAROONStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1967
- HARLAN CLAUDE NELSONPrivate First Class · March 8, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS PAWLISHLieutenant Commander · March 8, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MARIO CAGNACCISpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 39
- MANUEL CARDENAS IISpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 39
- WILBERT JAMES GRESHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 40
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 41
- ROBERT LOUIS SMITHCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 42
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.