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KENNETH FREDERICK MOORES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1949 – October 8, 1968
Service recordKenneth Frederick Moores, of Waltham, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Waltham, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 30
- JOSEPH WESTER JONES IIICaptain · October 8, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS LONGCorporal · October 8, 1968
- PIERCE MALMQUISTLance Corporal · October 8, 1968
- FLOYD EUGENE PARTONLance Corporal · October 8, 1968
From Waltham
- EMIL JEROME TADEVICHCorporal · December 31, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD ONEILL JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- THOMAS FRANCIS JACKSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JOHN MILLER SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH PAUL RANDOPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- PAUL ANDREW DUPEREPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- LAWRENCE RICHARD DUFFYSecond Lieutenant · November 29, 1967
- REGINALD JOSEPH GAUTREAULance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- PAUL CHESTER KING JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- MICHAEL MURPHYLance Corporal · May 26, 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.