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JOHN LEE MORELAND
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 16, 1947 – August 8, 1967
Service recordJohn Lee Moreland, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 90
- JAMES DONALD DAVENPORTPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- EARL KENT EICHBAUERCorporal · August 8, 1967
- ANTHONY L FRANKSLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- BOBBY RAY GARDNERSergeant · August 8, 1967
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 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.