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JAMES THOMAS MOSES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1948 – August 29, 1969
Service recordJames Thomas Moses, of Whittier, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Whittier, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 8
- CHARLES JOSEPH MACDONALDStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1969
- WILLIAM GARY NELMS JRPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- EDWIN JOSEPH OLMEDAPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- MICHAEL PATRICK QUINNSecond Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KEITH ALLEN DEVRIESSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 6
- EDWIN JOSEPH OLMEDAPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 8
- THOMAS DAVID STONEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 9
From Whittier
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · February 16, 1967
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MELENDREZSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1967
- DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGOLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
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.