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JAMES MINICK MOORE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 26, 1936 – September 1, 1968
Service recordJames Minick Moore, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 20
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 26, 1936
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 45W, Line 20
- JAN DWAIN JAMISONPetty Officer First Class · September 1, 1968
- WILLIAM LOUIS KINKADECaptain · September 1, 1968
- JAMES WALTER LAHTIFirst Lieutenant · September 1, 1968
- LONNIE CHARLES LAWSCorporal · September 1, 1968
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
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.