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JAMES MOORE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1946 – April 2, 1966
Service recordJames Moore JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 75
- WILLIAM DONALD HASTYLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- ALLEN L HIGGINBOTHANSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL HOFFMANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- ALEXANDER JOHN NE MENZIESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PAUL RUSSEL HATTABAUGHSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 76
- NORMAN NORWOOD MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 76
- LARRY EMMETT ROSEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 77
- HENRY MITCHELL VINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 78
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.