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MELVIN GLEN MOFFETT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 23, 1944 – February 5, 1967
Service recordMelvin Glen Moffett, of Covina, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 124
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Covina, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 124
- GERALD LEE LARSONSpecialist Five · February 5, 1967
- JAMES FRANK MCELYEAPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JIMMY EARL MUMFORDCorporal · February 5, 1967
- ROBERT RICHARD PORTEOUSLance Corporal · February 5, 1967
From Covina
- RICHARD LAVERN BISHOPSergeant · October 1, 1966
- DONALD WARD EVANS JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- TERRY GENE HEEKINSecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE FERGUSONLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- WALTER EDWARD MURPHY JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- STANLEY GRANT STRONGCorporal · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL KENNETH HARESpecialist Five · March 30, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL BUTTSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- FRANK MICHAEL DENARDO JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO OLLIVIERPetty Officer Second Class · February 23, 1969
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.