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JAMES WILLIAM MOORE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 11, 1948 – April 14, 1969
Service recordJames William Moore JR, of Frankfort, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 82
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Frankfort, Kentucky (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 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
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 82
- CHARLES DAVID CROSBYPrivate First Class · April 14, 1969
- WALTER BILLY M JOHNSONSergeant First Class · April 14, 1969
- FRANCISCO LICONLance Corporal · April 14, 1969
- ALEXANDER DUANE NEIBAUERLance Corporal · April 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES NORBERT BLAVATSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 79
- THEODORE FRANK SIEGELPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 83
From Frankfort
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCNEESAirman First Class · February 23, 1966
- THOMAS ALEXANDER HARPPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- FRANK EDWARD BRAWNERCorporal · January 4, 1969
- DONALD COLEMAN GAYStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1970
- DAVID BAKER HOCKENSMITHPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
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.