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PETER GIBNEY MORIARTY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 15, 1941 – March 22, 1971
Service recordPeter Gibney Moriarty, of Newington, Connecticut, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 22, 1971, in Laos, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 68
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 615 TFS
- Born
- July 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Newington, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1971
- Age
- 29
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 68
- ROBERT NORMAND LEBRUNSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
- CHARLIE MATTHEW LOGANSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
- JOHN WILSON MCLEMORE JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1971
- ROGER WILLIAM STAHLCorporal · March 22, 1971
From Newington
- ROBERT EDWARD KASPERPetty Officer Third Class · March 7, 1967
- PAUL KIERSTEAD MOSERPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- ELIAS BENSON PEALER JRCorporal · May 8, 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.