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GARY REX MOSS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 4, 1949 – March 24, 1969
Service recordGary Rex Moss, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- January 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Parkersburg, West Virginia (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 28
- ARTHUR JAMES MCINTYRESergeant · March 24, 1969
- BOBBY JOE NEWMANSpecialist Four · March 24, 1969
- CURTIS ONCHIFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1969
- JOHNNY RAY PARKERSergeant · March 24, 1969
From Parkersburg
- WILLIAM RICHARD MCPHERSONCaptain · December 3, 1965
- HARRY CURTIS MCCARTNEYLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- PORTER RAY CAINSergeant · May 12, 1966
- STEVEN ERIC EMRICKLance Corporal · February 16, 1968
- BENJAMIN ALLEN JONESSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- LOUIS JAMES REYNOLDSSergeant · May 30, 1968
- JOHN AMBROSE MCCLUNGPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN WHARTONMajor · February 20, 1969
- DONALD EDWARD ROSSSergeant First Class · April 23, 1969
- DON LEWIS ROSSSergeant · May 4, 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.