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JIM EDWIN MOSHIER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 3, 1943 – June 11, 1967
Service recordJim Edwin Moshier, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 91
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 FOR RECON CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 FOR RECON CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 91
- CURTIS RICHARD BOHLSCHEIDCaptain · June 11, 1967
- JAMES RAYMOND NELSONStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1967
- JOHN SANDERS OLDHAMMajor · June 11, 1967
- JOSEPH L PARKSCorporal · June 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DENNIS CHOMELPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 87
- DENNIS RAY CHRISTIELance Corporal · Panel 21E, Line 87
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HAVRANEKLance Corporal · Panel 21E, Line 89
- JAMES WILLARD KOOILance Corporal · Panel 21E, Line 90
- JAMES EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 93
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
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.