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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Herman A Moore.

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HERMAN A MOORE

Sergeant · U.S. Army

April 1, 1938 – May 5, 1967

Service record

Herman A Moore, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 19E · Line 44

Position of Panel 19E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Petroleum Storage Specialist (56C)
Unit (as recorded)
170 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
Born
April 1, 1938
Home of record
Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 5, 1967
Age
29
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Heart Related

Context · from the records

What was happening

29 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 19E, Line 44

From Pensacola

All 74 names from Pensacola →

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.