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JOSEPH LEE MOORE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 12, 1930 – January 21, 1969
Service recordJoseph Lee Moore, of Carthage, Missouri, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 51
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1930
- Home of record
- Carthage, Missouri (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 51
- MILO GEORGE MAAHSCaptain · January 21, 1969
- KEN E MICLOSKEYSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
- JAMES LEROY MILLERCorporal · January 21, 1969
- JOSEPH JAMES MOLLOYCorporal · January 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD LLOYD HABECKERCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 49
- HENRY EMIL HOLDER JRSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 49
From Carthage
- PHILLIP DALE JOSLENPrivate First Class · October 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.