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GLENN DOUGLAS MOORE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 18, 1945 – February 8, 1968
Service recordGlenn Douglas Moore, of Castro Valley, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 33
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Castro Valley, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; eight of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường 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 38E, Line 33
- INNES LEE MARLANDSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- DANIEL MEADECorporal · February 8, 1968
- JIMMY ALLEN METCALFLance Corporal · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT NELSON MORDENPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD FRED CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 19
- ROBERT DEAN FLEERCaptain · Panel 38E, Line 27
- ROBERT ALAN LABUDAPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 31
From Castro Valley
- RICHARD LEE IANNICELLIPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- PAUL PHILLIP VANOVERLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- WILLIAM BLAKELYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- THAD BAZILY JESSIMANPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- GERALD THOMAS DUFFEYPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- PATRICK STEVEN LAIRDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- STEVEN CRAIG CANRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- EDWARD THEODORE PETERS JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- DON JAY MCATEESergeant · April 18, 1969
- LARRY HOUSTON COOKEStaff Sergeant · April 19, 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.