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MICHAEL PETER MORAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 14, 1947 – January 9, 1966
Service recordMichael Peter Moran, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 60
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- DONALD RAYMOND SANDVEStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1966
- JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERGSpecialist Four · January 9, 1966
- DANIEL L SHERMANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RAY GRIFFEYPrivate · Panel 4E, Line 59
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 59
- DONALD RAYMOND SANDVEStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 60
- DANIEL L SHERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 60
- RICHARD EUGENE TUCKERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 61
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- EUGENE DOYCE DOLLARSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
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.