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MURRAY SIMS MOSELEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 3, 1945 – April 30, 1966
Service recordMurray Sims Moseley, of Statesville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 14
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Statesville, North Carolina (Iredell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 7E, Line 14
- EDWARD R LETOURNEAU JRSergeant · April 30, 1966
- HAROLD B MARSHALLSpecialist Four · April 30, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS PRUITTPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- EDWARD T RUSSELLCadet · April 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD ROBERT HYSELLSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 13
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 13
- EDWARD R LETOURNEAU JRSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 14
- HAROLD B MARSHALLSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 14
- GEORGE THOMAS STRIDIRONSergeant First Class · Panel 7E, Line 15
- PAUL TIMOTHY WHITTINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 15
- WILLIAM WILKOWSKY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 15
From Statesville
- JOHNIE WAYNE MCLAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EDDIE HOCKERCaptain · September 5, 1967
- GEORGE LAXLEY MYERSSergeant · December 12, 1967
- ELBERT HENRY MAXWELLPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- RONALD JAY MCCOYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- ARDREY WATTS BARRINGER JRPrivate · June 9, 1968
- WILLIAM THEODORE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
- LONNIE CHARLES LAWSCorporal · September 1, 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.