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MOSES LEON POINDEXTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 21, 1946 – May 22, 1967
Service recordMoses Leon Poindexter, of Danville, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 86
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Danville, Virginia (Danville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 86
- HARRY JOHN MCGUIRE IIIPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RUSSELL DEAN NEEDHAMPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- ELTON LAWRENCE PERRINEColonel · May 22, 1967
- SAMUEL PROCTOR JRCorporal · May 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MERLIN FRANCIS CALDWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 82
- FREDERICK JAMES CARRATUROSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 82
- LEONARD ANTHONY MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 85
- ROBERT L MURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 85
- HARRY JOHN MCGUIRE IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 86
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 88
- KENNETH GLEN WORMANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 88
From Danville
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- LEE DUFFORD HARLEYMajor · May 18, 1966
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE MCCANNSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- DAVID GLENN SPEARMANCaptain · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- STEVEN REED POWELLPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- FLETCHER LEON LEWISSpecialist Four · January 31, 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.