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JACK MOSS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 11, 1948 – August 25, 1970
Service recordJack Moss JR, of Talladega, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Talladega, Alabama (Talladega County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 6
- CHARLES HENRY MEAKINSSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- DORSEY MINCEY IIISpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- TERRELL LEE RAWLINSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 25, 1970
- RICHARD HUGH SAVIEOLance Corporal · August 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- IVAN LLOYD BARGER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 3
- DORSEY MINCEY IIISpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 6
- JERRY MELTON STILLCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 7
From Talladega
- WALTER ANTHONY THACKERSON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD HEATHSpecialist Four · August 22, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK NAILENPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- WILLIAM MARSHALL SHAW JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- EDDIE LEE MOTON JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- LOUGHTON SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- EARNEST PAUL HOLMES JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- WILLIE GENE WILSONSergeant · April 9, 1968
- HUGH BERNARD BROWN IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
- LEONARD HUGH HOLMESPrivate First Class · February 3, 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.