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JERRY LEE MOFFETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 13, 1949 – January 13, 1971
Service recordJerry Lee Moffett, of Marshall, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1971, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Marshall, Virginia (Fauquier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1971; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 43
- HAROLD EDWARD CARRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1971
- DENNY RAY EASTERCorporal · January 13, 1971
- ROBERT DALE HERTZWarrant Officer 1 · January 13, 1971
- ROBERT RAYMOND ENOS JRSpecialist Four · January 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JAMES LAFLAMMESergeant First Class · Panel 5W, Line 42
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.