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MOSES LOPES ALVES
Major · U.S. Air Force
November 23, 1934 – October 11, 1969
Service recordMoses Lopes Alves, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 11, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 65
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 23, 1934
- Home of record
- Elizabeth, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 65
- ROBERT FLORES JRCorporal · October 10, 1969
- MARSHALL FLOYD THOMASSpecialist Four · October 10, 1969
- WILLIAM F UNCKRICHCaptain · October 10, 1969
- ELLSWORTH SMITH BRADFORDStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1969
From Elizabeth
- CHARLES EARNEST IANNUZZICorporal · August 18, 1965
- DAVID BASHAWPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- MICHAEL PIASCIKCorporal · July 6, 1966
- MANZIE GLOVER JRSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- FREDERICK GEORGE WHEELERSergeant First Class · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES BRADYPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- DENNIS RUTHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- JOSEPH MAIUROLance Corporal · August 17, 1967
- CHARLES JAMES HOLLANDSergeant First Class · August 18, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL GALLAGHERCorporal · September 14, 1967
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.