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LARRY JAY MOORE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1949 – March 13, 1968
Service recordLarry Jay Moore, of Exeter, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Exeter, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 38
- DREK ALLEN LANDESSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- RAMON LOPEZSergeant First Class · March 13, 1968
- EDILBERTO DULA MACAGBAPetty Officer Third Class · March 13, 1968
- MICHAEL KEITH MOOREStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE GUBBINSSergeant First Class · Panel 44E, Line 36
- RAUL PENA-CLASSSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 40
- BOBBY DAN TUCKERPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 42
- JIMMY LEE WATSONChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 44E, Line 42
From Exeter
- JOE LANELL MEEKSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- TIMOTHY DAVID EWINGPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- FREDERICK ALTON HITSONSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- TERRY LEE KETTERCaptain · May 10, 1970
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.