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PAUL ROBERT MORAN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 15, 1945 – March 15, 1970
Service recordPaul Robert Moran, of Stoneham, Massachusetts, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 131
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Stoneham, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 131
- WILLIAM RALPH GRAVES JRFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1970
- ALBERT WILLIAM HASLAMSpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
- JAMES ALVIN HUGHESSpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
- WILLMER ARDEN MATSONCorporal · March 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RALPH GRAVES JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 131
- JAMES ALVIN HUGHESSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 131
- ROBERT FRANCIS YOUNGChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 12W, Line 2
From Stoneham
- JOSEPH TIMOTHY CAMPBELLFirst Lieutenant · June 15, 1968
- JOSEPH CARMEN CERRONE JRSergeant · August 18, 1968
- GEORGE CLIFTON SCHULTZ JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 17, 1970
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.