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JERRY RUDOLPH MOON
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
April 10, 1946 – September 7, 1967
Service recordJerry Rudolph Moon, of Lanett, Alabama, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 7, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 28
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Lanett, Alabama (Chambers County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 28
- DENNIS HARDIE MARSHALLLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- KEITH ALLAN MILLERPrivate · September 7, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN MILLERPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- GARY LEE MOORELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
From Lanett
- ROY DELANO WATTSSergeant · April 20, 1966
- THOMAS LARRY SENNPrivate First Class · February 18, 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.