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DAVID ALFRED MORAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 2, 1951 – February 12, 1971
Service recordDavid Alfred Moran, of Cold Brook, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 99
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Cold Brook, New York (Herkimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 99
- WILLIE GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · February 12, 1971
- WILLIAM JOHN JOHNSONSpecialist Five · February 12, 1971
- GARY WAYNE LARSONFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1971
- KENNETH ALLEN MEYERSergeant · February 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEVE CRAIG ENGLISHPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 98
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.