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JAMES RODNEY MOORE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1947 – February 28, 1967
Service recordJames Rodney Moore, of Ontario, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on February 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 120
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 9 ENG BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Ontario, New York (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 28, 1967
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 15E, Line 120
- STEPHEN LEE MILESCorporal · February 28, 1967
- STANLEY GENE MILLERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MOLINASpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE MYERSCorporal · February 28, 1967
From Ontario
- GARY ROGER KOOMANSpecialist Four · August 9, 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.