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LEE ELMER MOORE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 15, 1948 – January 2, 1969
Service recordLee Elmer Moore JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 20
- ROBERT WAYNE JANTZWarrant Officer 1 · January 2, 1969
- ROSS ARNOLD JOHNSON JRPrivate · January 2, 1969
- MELVIN DAVID MORGAN JRSpecialist Five · January 2, 1969
- JAMES CLIFFORD NICHOLSONSergeant First Class · January 2, 1969
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.