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EUGENE MEYERS MOPPERT
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 23, 1946 – February 26, 1968
Service recordEugene Meyers Moppert, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1946
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 35
- ROGER CARL ATKINSONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL BAGSHAWPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- CALVIN HART BIGGERSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- RAYMOND JAMES BRERETONPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT BLANCHARD HEDGESpecialist Five · Panel 41E, Line 38
- DENNIS JOHN KROMREYPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 39
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.