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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Lawrence Michael Moore.

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LAWRENCE MICHAEL MOORE

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

September 22, 1949 – June 23, 1970

Service record

Lawrence Michael Moore, of East Point, Georgia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1970, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 9W · Line 85

Position of Panel 9W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 AVN BDE
Born
September 22, 1949
Home of record
East Point, Georgia (Fulton County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 23, 1970
Age
20
Province
Phong Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

29 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 9W, Line 85

Same unit, same day

From East Point

All 16 names from East Point →

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.