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MOISES TAPIA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 2, 1946 – March 22, 1969
Service recordMoises Tapia, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 15
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 15
- CLYDE STANLEY SWEATTSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- CLIFFORD LEE SWISHERPrivate First Class · March 22, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES TEDFORDSpecialist Five · March 22, 1969
- DAVID CLARK VALLANCESergeant · March 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TONY LEE BUHOLTZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 9
- DANNY EUGENE HUBBSCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 12
- ROBERT PATRICK ILSLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 12
- JAMES DAVID WRIGHT JRCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 16
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.