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JAMES ROBERT MOORE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 22, 1949 – June 13, 1970
Service recordJames Robert Moore JR, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 51
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1970; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 51
- ARDEN ELLSWORTH KERSEY JRLance Corporal · June 13, 1970
- FRANKLIN JOSHUA KRANTZ JRCorporal · June 13, 1970
- DENNIS CARL MILLERSergeant · June 13, 1970
- RONALD CURTIS MORGANCorporal · June 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DOUGLAS RUMMELSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 50
- DONNIE RAY SIZEMOREPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 52
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.