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JOHN TERRY MOORE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 13, 1947 – May 11, 1968
Service recordJohn Terry Moore JR, of Beaumont, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 24
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Beaumont, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; seven of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 24
- JOHN MITCHELL MICHALSKISpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- CRAIG WESLEY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID MUELLERSergeant · May 11, 1968
- WILLIAM ERNEST PASCHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID DEL GRAHAMSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 21
- REECE LESLIE MARPLEStaff Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 23
- GREGORY ALLEN RUSSELLSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 25
- EDWARD MONROE SIMPSONSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 26
- MICHAEL BRUCE TURNERCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 27
- KENJI JERRY YAMASHITAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58E, Line 28
From Beaumont
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1966
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- JOHN HENRY EAGLINSergeant · April 11, 1966
- DENNIS LEE REEVESSergeant · April 14, 1966
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BRENT IKE GRIGGSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- CLAIR LEONARD RAY SAINTCorporal · February 26, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE WILKERSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 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.