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MONTE LARUE MOORBERG
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 18, 1939 – December 2, 1966
Service recordMonte Larue Moorberg, of Grand Island, Nebraska, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 2, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 5
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 18, 1939
- Home of record
- Grand Island, Nebraska (Hall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 5
- ROBERT RAYMOND GREGORYLieutenant Colonel · December 2, 1966
- DONALD HARRISONWarrant Officer 1 · December 2, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
- HENRY IRVING KLEIN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1966
From Grand Island
- RICHARD P SAWICKISpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAN ROYCE GILLHAMPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- RICHARD GERALD GILLHAMCorporal · January 10, 1969
- DEWEY IRVIN STRUEBINGSpecialist Four · February 9, 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.