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JOHN BIGELOW MOORE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 20, 1945 – December 21, 1968
Service recordJohn Bigelow Moore, of Geneva, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 57
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- June 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Geneva, New York (Ontario County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 57
- ROBERT HOWARD INGRAMSpecialist Four · December 21, 1968
- SYLVESTER JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- MICHAEL JAY MCDONALDPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- EDWARD CURTIS MCHENRYSergeant · December 21, 1968
From Geneva
- STEVEN BLAINE RICCIONECorporal · September 27, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES HELSTROMCorporal · November 7, 1967
- CHARLES EDGAR WUERTENBERGERCaptain · January 17, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES BOOTHESpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- ROBERT DONALD SHERADINPrivate First Class · December 27, 1969
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.