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JAMES DELTON MOFFETT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1946 – June 4, 1968
Service recordJames Delton Moffett, of Midwest City, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 11
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Midwest City, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 11
- RANDALL MARK DAVISPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- WILLIAM SCOTT HARALSONPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- JAMES FREDERICK LEWISPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN POLLEYPrivate · June 4, 1968
From Midwest City
- JAMES LARKIN EATMONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- LAWRENCE STEPHEN ROBBINSLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
- ALLEN PERDA MILLERSergeant · December 19, 1966
- HAL JONES ROWLETTMaster Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- DONALD LEE BERNARDPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- JOHN KIRBY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- GAILEN CHEEK CROSSLINPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- GEORGE RALPH CASTILLOCorporal · January 24, 1968
- JAMES DALE GUFFEYSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- RANDALL LEE MCELREATHLance Corporal · March 12, 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.