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DERRYL LEE MOORE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 28, 1947 – August 15, 1968
Service recordDerryl Lee Moore, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 18
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ammunition Maintenance Specialist (55C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 18
- TERRIN DINSMORE HICKSLieutenant Colonel · August 15, 1968
- OSCAR K HIGGINBOTHAM JRCorporal · August 15, 1968
- JAMES KEITH KNUTSONSpecialist Four · August 15, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD MEANSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1968
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.