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LONZO JOSEPH MORAN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 12, 1948 – September 13, 1968
Service recordLonzo Joseph Moran JR, of Lawton, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 51
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Lawton, Oklahoma (Comanche County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44W, Line 51
- WILLIAM MANZANARES JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 13, 1968
- ARIEL MARINOSpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- GARY RICHARD MCFALLSergeant · September 13, 1968
- ARTHUR DAVID MOSCRIP JRLieutenant (junior grade) · September 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH BENZSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 45
- TERENCE MICHAEL HUSTEADSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 49
- GARY LEE LEWISPrivate · Panel 44W, Line 50
- RICHARD WILLIAM WELCHPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 55
From Lawton
- ARNOLD DEAN KNIFFINMajor · June 1, 1964
- CLYDE DAVID TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1966
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILFRED ALCIDE DOIRONPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- RUSSELL EUGENE PESEWONITPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- HULSA D WOLFEStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- LAWRENCE RAY LASITERStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOHN DAVID MERRIMANSecond Lieutenant · August 31, 1967
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.