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EDWARD P MOORE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 3, 1946 – July 31, 1970
Service recordEdward P Moore, of Newport, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1970, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 72
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Newport, Kentucky (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 72
- WILLIAM EUGENE AUSTINSergeant · July 31, 1970
- JAMES MARSHALL DOTYPrivate · July 31, 1970
- ANDREW GEORGE HAWTHORNESpecialist Four · July 31, 1970
- PHILLIP JAY HILDERBRANTSergeant · July 31, 1970
From Newport
- CHARLES MARSHALL BRADFORDPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- CHARLES FREDERICK SWOPECaptain · November 9, 1966
- JAY C TIPTONLance Corporal · November 22, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN JORDANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR SMITHPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- CLARENCE HALLSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- PATRICK EARL BLAGGPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- TROY EVERETT POWELLLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD COTTINGHAMPrivate · September 23, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH BERNINGLance Corporal · June 2, 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.