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MICHAEL THOMAS MORAN
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
September 3, 1949 – January 14, 1969
Service recordMichael Thomas Moran, of Morton, Illinois, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 14, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 1
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Morton, Illinois (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 1
- MARVIN L MCCULLOUGH JRCorporal · January 14, 1969
- LYLE THOMAS MOORESpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- DANIEL LUKE NAPOLIPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- GILBERT GARCIA TORRESStaff Sergeant · January 14, 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.