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ELGAN LEROY MOORE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 3, 1930 – December 4, 1967
Service recordElgan Leroy Moore, of Scottsdale, Arizona, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 38
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- August 3, 1930
- Home of record
- Scottsdale, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 38
- WILLIAM ISAAC POLLARDMaster Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS REAVESCorporal · December 4, 1967
- DONALD STEPHEN RIGGSCorporal · December 4, 1967
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
From Scottsdale
- WILLIAM CHARLES TOTHPrivate First Class · October 27, 1964
- CURTIS RAY TARKINGTONPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- JOHN FRANKLIN BOYCEFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1966
- LEONARD ARVIN ENOSSpecialist Four · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- DAVID JOHN MONCAVAGEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- GREGG R FOURMENTINPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- DONALD RAY HANNACorporal · April 25, 1968
- JACK DAVID CARTERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- LOWELL STEPHEN POWERSChief Warrant Officer 3 · April 2, 1969
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.