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FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ MORENO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 20, 1945 – September 22, 1966
Service recordFrancisco Hernandez Moreno, of Harlingen, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 22, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 133
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Harlingen, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 133
- BILLY BROWN KINGSergeant · September 22, 1966
- LARRY LEE LAKEYPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- NORMAN JOSEPH NAPIERATALance Corporal · September 22, 1966
- JAMES DAVID SMITHPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
From Harlingen
- GEORGE GUTIERREZ JRSecond Lieutenant · September 1, 1965
- JOSE LUIS CABALLEROLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JULIAN GARZA CORDEROCorporal · April 27, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE HELEMSStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- WILBERTO CABRERA SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1966
- RODOLFO MARCIANO GONZALEZCorporal · November 14, 1966
- JOSE MARIA FLORESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- MANUEL JESUS MOREIDAStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER A GROSSE JRStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1968
- ELIAS SALAZAR JRPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
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.