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DENNIS FRANCIS MOORE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 22, 1947 – March 18, 1968
Service recordDennis Francis Moore, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 26
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
82 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 26
- WILLIAM MURPHYCorporal · March 18, 1968
- JUAN JOSE NAZARIOSpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT OBANNON IIISergeant · March 18, 1968
- SYDNEY PARKSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DAVID CARROLLPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 18
- PAUL ALLAN CONNERPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 19
- MONTE RAY COOLEYCorporal · Panel 45E, Line 19
- CECIL LEROY DAVISSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 19
- ROY LEE ESTRADASergeant · Panel 45E, Line 20
- LARRY VERNARD GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 22
- WALTER ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 23
- STEVEN LOUIS MESSERLISpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 25
- LARRY DEAN SAINPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 29
- JIMMY L SHERRILLSecond Lieutenant · Panel 45E, Line 29
- THOMAS LLOYD SMITHSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 30
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.