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RALPH ANGELO MOREIRA JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 19, 1949 – March 5, 1971
Service recordRalph Angelo Moreira JR, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1971, in Laos, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
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.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 25
- LARRY DAVID LODENCorporal · March 5, 1971
- DAVID LINDFORD NELSONCaptain · March 5, 1971
- GARY GALE PRENTICESpecialist Five · March 5, 1971
- EDWARD LEE RAYBURNSpecialist Four · March 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN RALPH BURCHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 23
- GILBERT DOWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 23
- JOEL CLINTON HATLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 24
- MICHAEL ELI KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 24
- LARRY DAVID LODENCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 25
- DAVID LINDFORD NELSONCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 25
From Beaver Falls
- JOHN LEROY STRALEYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1964
- ROBERT HOWARD CARR JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- DAVID CARL LOUTHANLance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- THOMAS RICHARD MARKPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- WILLIAM HOWARD GOEDEKERPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- NICHOLAS SAMUEL VRANKOVICHLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS ROEDERSergeant · October 29, 1968
- RONNIE LEE ECKENROADPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM STRATHMANNCorporal · June 8, 1969
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.