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HERMANDO SANCHEZ MOYA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 6, 1937 – May 7, 1966
Service recordHermando Sanchez Moya, of Woodsboro, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1937
- Home of record
- Woodsboro, Texas (Refugio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 39
- JOHN VANDRIESSCHEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1966
- GILBERT BYRON BUSHSecond Lieutenant · May 8, 1966
- MATTHEW JOHN DAVERNSpecialist Four · May 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EARL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 38
From Woodsboro
- ANGEL VEGAPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- LEONDIS ENRIQUE RODRIQUEZSpecialist Four · August 23, 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.