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MOSES PLACERES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 15, 1950 – October 30, 1970
Service recordMoses Placeres, of Gilroy, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 30
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Special Purpose Materiel Supply Specialist (76Q)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Gilroy, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 30
- FRANCISCO M ASANOMASergeant · October 30, 1970
- GARY WAYNE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
- LESTER STANLEY VESSPrivate First Class · October 30, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD WINTERSPetty Officer First Class · October 30, 1970
From Gilroy
- JAMES WILBUR ERVINSergeant · November 17, 1965
- WOLFGANG WERNER KARASCHPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- CHARLES MANUEL CENTENOSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- LEE ATTILIO GRECOMajor · December 6, 1966
- JOSEPH LOPEZ BEDOLLASpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- ALFRED VALDEZPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- JACK WILLIAM MARLOWESpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- JUAN RODRIGUEZ PEQUENOCorporal · February 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.