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DENVER MOORE JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 10, 1949 – October 3, 1968
Service recordDenver Moore JR, of Lovejoy, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 3, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 71
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Lovejoy, Illinois (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 71
- MICHAEL LESTER MCCAFFERTYSpecialist Five · October 3, 1968
- CALVIN EUGENE MCGILTONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS MCGUIRESpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- CHRIS DELANO MUNSONSergeant · October 3, 1968
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.