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JOHN JOSEPH MOORE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 8, 1947 – January 20, 1968
Service recordJohn Joseph Moore, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 90
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 90
- ROBERT EARL BUTLERSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- GERALD ARNOLD OTOOLECorporal · January 20, 1968
- GUILLERMO BAUTIS PAGADUANSeaman · January 20, 1968
- JAMES WAYNE PARHAMPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM STEVE CALHOUNPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 84
- MICHAEL EUGENE DEBUSKSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 85
- GARY LAWRENCE ELIACorporal · Panel 34E, Line 85
- JOHN ERNEST ESTENPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 85
- ANDY GARNICASergeant · Panel 34E, Line 86
- JOSE BENJAMIN HERRERASpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 87
- GENE MARLOW KOSELSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 88
- EDWARD KUBISKYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 88
- LEO EDWARD MICHAUDPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 89
- JAMES WAYNE PARHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 90
- ROBERT EUGENE SWALLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 92
- PETER LORENZ WOODSecond Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 1
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.