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FRANKLIN EDWARD MOORE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 25, 1929 – March 25, 1968
Service recordFranklin Edward Moore, of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 7 BN 8 ARTY II FF
- Born
- November 25, 1929
- Home of record
- Sallisaw, Oklahoma (Sequoyah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 20
- ALFRED FRANK LANCESergeant · March 25, 1968
- BALFOUR OLIVER LYTTON JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
- FRANK JAMES MALSEED JRPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL MIHALOVICHCorporal · March 25, 1968
From Sallisaw
- MICHAEL DALE CASEYCaptain · January 23, 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.