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DALE WILLIAM MOORE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 25, 1946 – February 19, 1967
Service recordDale William Moore, of Princeton, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Princeton, Illinois (Bureau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1967
- 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
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 63
- JOHNNIE MASONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- WILLIAM LATHEM MYERS JRPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- CHARLES DOUGLAS NOWLINLance Corporal · February 19, 1967
- DONALD BURRIS POPELance Corporal · February 19, 1967
From Princeton
- JOHN EDWARD SCHERTZPrivate First Class · May 11, 1968
- MICHAEL ALBERT WAINWRIGHTSergeant · May 17, 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.