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DAVID ALAN MOORE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 7, 1950 – October 16, 1970
Service recordDavid Alan Moore, of Lafayette, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Lafayette, Indiana (Tippecanoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 4
- JOHN DEWEY LIVINGSTONSergeant · October 16, 1970
- BERNARD JAMES LOVETT JRFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1970
- ROBERT THOMAS WILSONCaptain · October 16, 1970
- JOHN RAMSEY BREGLERChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 17, 1970
From Lafayette
- ROBERT LEE MANNCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JAMES DARRYL BASHAMPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN KNOCHELLieutenant · September 22, 1966
- ROBERT JOE HARDESTYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- DAVID LEROY HOWARDPrivate First Class · September 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT JENNETTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD NERINIPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- RANDELL HOOD LOYSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
- STEVEN RANDALL BROOKSLance Corporal · September 13, 1968
- DOYLE EUGENE SALLEECorporal · November 12, 1968
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.