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JOE HOWARD MOOREHEAD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 14, 1944 – October 1, 1966
Service recordJoe Howard Moorehead, of Kelso, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 33
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ordnance Supply And Part Specialist (76D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 248 REP PART CO 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- March 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Kelso, Tennessee (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 33
- LEROY FRAZIERPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- WENDELL RAY GRIZZLEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- JOE C KELLEYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- TRAVIS EDWARD NUNNERYPrivate First Class · October 1, 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.