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JAMES MICHIAL MOORE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 24, 1949 – November 13, 1969
Service recordJames Michial Moore, of Lewisburg, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 70
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Lewisburg, Tennessee (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 70
- EUGENE LENOIRCorporal · November 13, 1969
- JOHN MALGER MCLELLANSergeant · November 13, 1969
- DENNIS EVANS MILLIARDStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1969
- PAUL WANDLING PLAMBECK JRCorporal · November 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLAN FORBESSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 69
- JOHN MALGER MCLELLANSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 70
From Lewisburg
- ROY NANCE MANNSSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE NEILLPrivate First Class · February 2, 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.