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RALPH EDWARD MOORE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 29, 1946 – May 3, 1967
Service recordRalph Edward Moore, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- 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
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
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 19E, Line 29
- JOHN RICHARD MEUSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- LLOYD ASHTON MILLERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- WILLIAM ROOSEVELT MOORECorporal · May 3, 1967
- GLENDELL MORGANSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH CAUDILLOCaptain · Panel 19E, Line 22
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 25
- CHARLES FRANKLIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 26
- CHESTER GALE JORDANPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 27
- GLENDELL MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 29
- LEE HENDERSON RUSSSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 32
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.