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GARY LESLIE MOORE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 6, 1947 – March 12, 1969
Service recordGary Leslie Moore, of Union, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Quang Ngai 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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Born
- July 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Union, Kentucky (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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
- FRED ALLEN MOODYSpecialist Four · March 12, 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.