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JAMES THOMAS MOORE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 7, 1943 – June 24, 1969
Service recordJames Thomas Moore, of Bloomfield, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 9
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Born
- October 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Bloomfield, Kentucky (Nelson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 9
- RICHARD NORMAN MAMIESpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
- JESUS ALBERT PEREZPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
- LAVON NEIL PRATHERSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
- RICHARD DANIEL ROBERTSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
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.