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DOUGLAS FILLEBROWN MOORE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 5, 1948 – May 22, 1969
Service recordDouglas Fillebrown Moore, of Ayer, Massachusetts, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 78
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Ayer, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 78
- JOHN JOSEPH MCANDREWSSergeant · May 22, 1969
- STEVEN DUANE PAXSONSergeant · May 22, 1969
- ERROL WAYNE PERREIRAPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- CLYDE RANDOLPH PERRY JRSpecialist Four · May 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM ARNOLDMajor · Panel 24W, Line 73
- JOHNNY LEON BRYANTCaptain · Panel 24W, Line 74
- THOMAS CARMINE DEPALMAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 76
From Ayer
- EDWARD PAUL FERENCESergeant · November 12, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND DUFFY JRSergeant · December 31, 1965
- RALPH O WATTSSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- HARRY MCEWINGPrivate First Class · July 8, 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.