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JIMMY DALE MOODY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 20, 1946 – March 24, 1967
Service recordJimmy Dale Moody, of Kennett, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 37
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Kennett, Missouri (Dunklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 37
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 1967
- HARRY F MCGINNIS JRLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- JOSEPH PATRICK MURPHYCaptain · March 24, 1967
- WILLIAM IRVIN NELSON IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
From Kennett
- TOMMY RYAN WHITEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- FRANKIE LEON PRIESTSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- BOGARD LAFAYETTE FLOYDStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1968
- CHARLES S KIRKLAND JRLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- STEPHEN DUANE WOODPetty Officer First Class · October 7, 1968
- DENNIE LYNN CARNETTSergeant · May 24, 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.