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JOHN BOBBY MORENO
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 23, 1947 – July 7, 1968
Service recordJohn Bobby Moreno, of Vallejo, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Vallejo, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 37
- STEPHEN HERMAN LEWISLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS LOVESpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- LUIS ROLA MERCADO-COLLADOSpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- WILLIAM GRANT PENDLEYPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
From Vallejo
- ROY LOCKHARTStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- CHARLES SHERLEE SATCHERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ERNEST EUGENE SIMONSCorporal · April 16, 1966
- RUSSELL MARK WAGNERSergeant · January 28, 1967
- THOMAS LYLE BARLEENCorporal · April 12, 1967
- FREDERICK W FROMME JRLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- TERRY ALAN HARDINGPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- TOMMY RAY GARTONSpecialist Four · June 15, 1967
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY ENDERIZSergeant · December 2, 1967
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.