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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David T Moore.

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DAVID T MOORE

Sergeant · U.S. Army

March 15, 1947 – January 11, 1969

Service record

David T Moore, of Plant City, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 35W · Line 72

Position of Panel 35W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
March 15, 1947
Home of record
Plant City, Florida (Hillsborough County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 11, 1969
Age
21
Province
Thua Thien
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

29 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 35W, Line 72

From Plant City

All 14 names from Plant City →

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.