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HAROLD MOORE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1949 – May 19, 1968
Service recordHarold Moore, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 14
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 14
- GLENN DEWAYNE MCCUBBINMajor · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD MORTONSpecialist Five · May 19, 1968
- JAMES MUIRFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1968
- DENNIS ROBERT MUVICHSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1968
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.