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NELSON ROGER MOORE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 6, 1933 – May 24, 1966
Service recordNelson Roger Moore, of Elgin, Illinois, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 6, 1933
- Home of record
- Elgin, Illinois (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 108
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MACHOWSKICaptain · May 24, 1966
- LARRY EDWARD CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 25, 1966
- TOMPKINS GRIFFEN FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 25, 1966
- RONALD LYNN GUYERLance Corporal · May 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MAURICE ALOYSIUS CASEYSergeant First Class · Panel 7E, Line 107
From Elgin
- FLORENTINO JOHN SANTANAPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- LEX ELSWICKSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- JAMES ARTHUR BOONEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- ROGER LEE WILSONCorporal · January 20, 1968
- WILLIAM RAY CHRISTENSENSergeant · January 19, 1969
- EDWIN FRANCIS TURK JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- DENNIS MELVIN SCHULTZSergeant · March 28, 1970
- CALVIN EDWARD MILAMSpecialist Four · January 24, 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.