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FRED ALLEN MOODY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 10, 1947 – March 12, 1969
Service recordFred Allen Moody, of Waynesville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Waynesville, North Carolina (Haywood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; nine of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 29W, Line 21
- FRANKLIN MONROE LANIERPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- PATRICK M MCINERNEYPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- FELTON LEE MIMSPetty Officer Third Class · March 12, 1969
- GARY LESLIE MOORESpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ANTHONY FRANKLINSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 19
- JAMES CAROLL GILBERTSergeant Major · Panel 29W, Line 19
- CHARLES JAY REVISSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 23
- FLOYD HENRY ROBINSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 23
- FRANKLIN JAMES RUNGESpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 23
- ROBERT EUGENE SHAFFERCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 24
From Waynesville
- FLOYD MILTON FRAZIERTechnical Sergeant · February 11, 1962
- DAVID CHAPPELL BROWNFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- WAYNE EDWARD SEXTONSpecialist Four · April 27, 1968
- ALFRED HIGHTOWER JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1968
- FREDRICK MERVYN HALLCaptain · April 12, 1969
- MICHAEL FRANK DAVISSergeant · June 12, 1969
- KEITH DALE MEHAFFEYPrivate First Class · October 21, 1969
- CARL BRUCE RAYPrivate First Class · December 3, 1969
- DAVID WAYNE FRADYSpecialist Four · August 22, 1971
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.