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DONALD R MOORE JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
September 3, 1945 – October 2, 1969
Service recordDonald R Moore JR, of Vienna, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 2, 1969, in Thailand, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Vienna, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 30
- HOWARD MARK KOSLOSKYAirman · October 2, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN LIVINGSTONLieutenant · October 2, 1969
- WILLIAM RAY MOOREPetty Officer Second Class · October 2, 1969
- PAUL KIERSTEAD MOSERPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
From Vienna
- HARVEY MCKEE CARKINSergeant · February 15, 1967
- GERALD CRAWFORD MULLPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- ARTHUR FLETCHER CHANEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 3, 1968
- WILLIAM MCNAMARA LEVENDISCorporal · May 25, 1968
- WILLARD FLOYD PROCHASKALance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- LORENZO RAYNARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- WELBY HERBERT GRAYSON IIIPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- KENNETH MARTIN SCHLIEFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1970
- BERNARD LEVERN JOHNSON IIFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1972
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.