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MURL ALVIN MOYERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 28, 1950 – March 29, 1970
Service recordMurl Alvin Moyers, of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 2 BN 19 ARTY 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Pauls Valley, Oklahoma (Garvin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B BTRY 2 BN 19 ARTY 1 CAV DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 55
- MICHAEL ANTHONY BLONDINSpecialist Five · March 29, 1970
- GEORGE RICHARD CUTHBERTPetty Officer Third Class · March 29, 1970
- JAMES MURPHY FURGERSONPrivate First Class · March 29, 1970
- GORDON MARLO GUNHUSPrivate First Class · March 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MURPHY FURGERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 55
- WARNER STARKSCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 58
From Pauls Valley
- WILLIAM LLOYD CRAWFORDLance Corporal · October 22, 1966
- OSCAR WAYNE PIERCESpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE HAMMERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- MARTIN ROWLAND MANESSPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- JAMES LEONARD ARMSTRONGSergeant · April 11, 1971
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.