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JOHN ERNEST MOODY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1948 – July 13, 1970
Service recordJohn Ernest Moody JR, of Norlina, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 15
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- December 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Norlina, North Carolina (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 15
- SANFORD LEE JOHNSONSergeant · July 13, 1970
- FRANCIS EARL KLAIBERLance Corporal · July 13, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM LITTLETONSergeant · July 13, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM BLOUNTPrivate First Class · July 14, 1970
From Norlina
- DAN ROGERS SHEARINSergeant · January 31, 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.