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DENNIS RALPH MORENO
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 22, 1950 – December 14, 1970
Service recordDennis Ralph Moreno, of Hay Springs, Nebraska, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 121
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Hay Springs, Nebraska (Sheridan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 121
- KENNETH HARLEN LOVESpecialist Four · December 14, 1970
- RICHARD LEE MAYNARD JRPrivate First Class · December 14, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM MURPHYSpecialist Four · December 14, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM RUCKERSergeant · December 14, 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.