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JAMES RUSSELL MOORE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 2, 1944 – January 19, 1968
Service recordJames Russell Moore, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 79
- JOHNNY WARNER LINDSEYPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- JOHN PAUL MARKEN JRSecond Lieutenant · January 19, 1968
- LESLIE DAVID MATCHETTSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE MORRISLance Corporal · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JUAN CARLOS CASTELLANOSCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 75
- DONALD A COFFINCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 75
- JOSEPH GERWATOWSKISergeant · Panel 34E, Line 76
- ROOSEVELT JONESMaster Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 78
- PATRICK ROBERT WOLFE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 83
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.