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HILARIO MORENO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 11, 1948 – November 23, 1968
Service recordHilario Moreno, of Belen, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 45
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Belen, New Mexico (Valencia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 45
- DANIEL LYNN NEISWENDERFirst Lieutenant · November 23, 1968
- GRADY RAY NELSONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN NIXONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- SAMMY CHACON ROMEROSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
From Belen
- MICHAEL LEON LOVATOPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- LUPERTO GARCIALance Corporal · June 27, 1968
- EDDIE ANTHONY MARTINEZ JRPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- JOHN STANTON WILSONCaptain · February 23, 1969
- EDDIE LEONARD GARCIAPrivate · June 30, 1969
- MARK ALVAN TAFOYASergeant · October 2, 1970
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.