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JAMES LYNN MOORE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 18, 1946 – August 5, 1968
Service recordJames Lynn Moore, of Pendleton, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 16
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Pendleton, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 16
- LUPE MONSEBAISLance Corporal · August 5, 1968
- TONY SALAZAR OROZCO JRPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- RODOLFO PEREZSergeant · August 5, 1968
- BLAINE CLARENCE SCHAFFERSergeant · August 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS MICHAEL HYLANDCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 14
- HARRY KIMSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 15
- GARY MICHIEL MABREYSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 15
- BLAINE CLARENCE SCHAFFERSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 16
- EDUARDO VELOZSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 17
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.