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GEORGE WASHINGTON MOORE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 3, 1942 – April 11, 1968
Service recordGeorge Washington Moore, of Columbus, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 23
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Columbus, Mississippi (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 23
- JOHN PARKER HOLDEN IISecond Lieutenant · April 11, 1968
- WILLIAM LLOYD KINNARDPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE MCCARTYSergeant · April 11, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL MILLERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALBERT OSCELUSSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 26
- JAMES ARTHUR DILLPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 27
From Columbus
- BENJAMIN F LIDDELL IIIPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- JERRY DALE HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- KENNETH RAY CLOPTONSergeant · July 2, 1967
- LARRY HUSTON WALDENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JAMES EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · March 3, 1968
- FREEMAN BOLENSpecialist Four · March 31, 1968
- ROBERT SAMUEL CLARK JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1968
- ROCKFORD GREY EVERETTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- WILLIE WHITFIELD JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- ROY LEE HENLEYCorporal · September 22, 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.