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DENNIS WESLEY MOORE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 21, 1942 – January 26, 1970
Service recordDennis Wesley Moore, of Bodines, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1970, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 69
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Bodines, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 69
- JOHN JOSEPH KOSSpecialist Four · January 26, 1970
- THOMAS ANDREW MADDEN IICaptain · January 26, 1970
- RAYMOND PLATEROPrivate First Class · January 26, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM READYSergeant · January 26, 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.