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JOHN WILLIAM MORAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 28, 1947 – May 4, 1968
Service recordJohn William Moran, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 38
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 54E, Line 38
- THOMAS A MCCORMICK JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- LAWRENCE MOBLEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- SUTTON MOBLEY JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- SAMUEL THOMAS NEIL JRStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MELVIN DURHAMStaff Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 32
- SUTTON MOBLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 38
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.