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JAMES MICHAEL MORIARTY
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1948 – August 22, 1968
Service recordJames Michael Moriarty, of Appleton, Wisconsin, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 29
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Appleton, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 29
- GILBERT KINGPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- NEWELL FERRELL LEIGH JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- PETER JOSEPH MEARS JRCorporal · August 22, 1968
- VERLYN GWEN MEYERCaptain · August 22, 1968
From Appleton
- MICHAEL DEANE LAUXCorporal · March 25, 1966
- LARRY DUANE JUDKINSHospitalman · February 10, 1967
- ALLEN DARYL PAPENFUSPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY REINKECorporal · March 21, 1967
- DENNIS JAMES ADAMSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- DENNIS ROBERT SCHMIDTAirman · November 28, 1967
- KENNETH JOSEPH GRASSLPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS HARTZHEIMPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1968
- TIMOTHY GEORGE ARENSCorporal · October 1, 1968
- KENT ALAN CUNNINGHAMHospitalman · November 1, 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.