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EDGAR C MORAN II
Airman · U.S. Air Force
February 16, 1956 – May 13, 1975
Service recordEdgar C Moran II, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as an Airman in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 13, 1975, in Thailand, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 128
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman (AMN)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 16, 1956
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1975
- Age
- 19
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Aircraft
- CH-53
- Incident
- Uss Mayaguez Capture
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1975. In May 1975, 42 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thailand while the Mayaguez incident was under way. After Khmer Rouge forces seized the U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez in May 1975, Marines assaulted Koh Tang island; their names are the last on the Wall.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 128
- WILLIAM R MCKELVEYSergeant · May 13, 1975
- GEORGE E MCMULLEN IIITechnical Sergeant · May 13, 1975
- TOMMY R NEALISSergeant · May 13, 1975
- PAUL J RABERSergeant · May 13, 1975
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.