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PAUL MARTIN MOORE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 20, 1948 – October 25, 1968
Service recordPaul Martin Moore, of Sandy, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 34
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Sandy, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 34
- THOMAS FREDRICK RAY JRCorporal · October 25, 1968
- JAMES GARLAND SANDERSSpecialist Five · October 25, 1968
- ALLAN EDWARD SCHWARTZCorporal · October 25, 1968
- BILLY EDWARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · October 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD ENOCH GOLDER IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 32
- LEONARD ALLEN GUYCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 32
- ALLAN EDWARD SCHWARTZCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 34
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.