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JOSEPH M MOORE
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1932 – December 28, 1966
Service recordJoseph M Moore, of Elba, Alabama, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 92
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 30, 1932
- Home of record
- Elba, Alabama (Coffee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 92
- RICHARD CHESTER JACOBSPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- ERINEO MENDEZ MENDEZSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- CARL SINATRA MERCERSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- DANIEL M MOBLEYPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE BARBERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 88
- OTTO WILLIAM BAUMANN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 89
- ERIC ARTHUR BRANNFORSSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 89
- LAMONT WILKERSON FINCHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 90
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 90
- RONALD GIROUXPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 90
- DANIEL A HENNESSYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 91
- DOUGLAS DUANE HOUGCorporal · Panel 13E, Line 91
- RICHARD CHESTER JACOBSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 92
- ERINEO MENDEZ MENDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 92
- CARL SINATRA MERCERSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 92
- JAMES WILLIAM PAWLAKPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 93
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 94
- WALTER L WONNACOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 94
From Elba
- DELACY GRAYPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- ALFONZIE CULVERCorporal · October 11, 1967
- CHARLIE FRANK LEEStaff Sergeant · March 2, 1968
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.
