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DAN ROSS MOORE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 31, 1948 – October 17, 1968
Service recordDan Ross Moore, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 17, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Artillery Scout Observer (0846)
- Born
- August 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Idaho Falls, Idaho (Bonneville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1968. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 69
- JOHN RAYMOND FERRAZZANOCorporal · October 17, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID FRANTZLance Corporal · October 17, 1968
- JAMES PHILLIP MASONSpecialist Five · October 17, 1968
- TIMOTHY JAMES MURPHYStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1968
From Idaho Falls
- LARRY C THORNTONChief Master Sergeant · December 24, 1965
- DOUGLAS JOHN WADEPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- LARRY DALE DEFILIPPISLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- ARLO FRANK BROWNSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- MICHAEL LLOYD PRIESTPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- BOBBY GENE PETERSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- CLAYTON ARTHUR MARTINSpecialist Four · October 16, 1967
- ARTURO RECIO RIOSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- JOHN ALEX BOYLECorporal · January 26, 1969
- THOMAS OLIVER AHLBERGSergeant · May 4, 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.