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DWIGHT EDGAR MOONEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1947 – August 8, 1968
Service recordDwight Edgar Mooney, of Marion, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 32
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Marion, North Carolina (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 49W, Line 32
- LEONARD LEE MOORESergeant First Class · August 8, 1968
- ZACHARY PHILLIP NEWPrivate First Class · August 8, 1968
- RONALD LEE NOLDNERCorporal · August 8, 1968
- EUGENE MERRILL WOODSONSergeant · August 8, 1968
From Marion
- JOHN EDWARD MCMAHANPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- GETER ALFRED HENSLEYPetty Officer Second Class · November 12, 1967
- JERRY WILLIAM GILLIANDSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL POTEATStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1968
- BILL FRED WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- JAMES ALEX JENKINSCorporal · May 20, 1969
- MICHAEL DEAN WEBBPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- JERRY LANE GREENESpecialist Five · November 26, 1969
- HAROLD DEAN HOLLIFIELDCorporal · August 14, 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.