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MICHAEL PERRY MORITZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 9, 1943 – June 16, 1965
Service recordMichael Perry Moritz, of Ventura, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Born
- January 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Ventura, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 10
- MICHAEL LAYTEN WILDESWarrant Officer 1 · June 12, 1965
- EDGAR CLARENCE BROWNCorporal · June 13, 1965
- FRANCISCO XAVIER SAENZPrivate First Class · June 13, 1965
- ROBERT DARYL GALLUPCaptain · June 16, 1965
From Ventura
- JAMES CLETUS DYESeaman Recruit · May 29, 1964
- ROBERT LOUIS PADILLASergeant · May 17, 1966
- DONALD EARL GOREPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- CREIGHTON ROBERT DUNNSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES APPLEGATESpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- FRANK ROSS ALLENDER JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1967
- SIEGFRIED KOFLERSergeant · July 10, 1967
- DONALD MELVIN SEWELLColonel · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL WAYNE HASKINSHospitalman · February 1, 1968
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.