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RICARDO LEON MORENO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 7, 1937 – May 29, 1966
Service recordRicardo Leon Moreno, of Greeley, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1937
- Home of record
- Greeley, Colorado (Weld County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 119
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- R B MARCHBANKS JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- NOEL DON MARRLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD RALPH ROUNDTREEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FRANKLIN BARRYPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 115
- THOMAS DAVID CAMPBELLSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 116
- CHARLIE ALFRED CARDENSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 116
- SHELDON ROBERT COHENPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 117
- DARREL GENE DORMANSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 117
- DONALD JERRY EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 118
- ARAMIS GONZALEZ-PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 118
- RICHARD RALPH ROUNDTREEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 119
- BILLY RAY PATRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 120
- LEONARD EARL PEACOCKSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 121
- WALLACE EDWARD PILSONSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 121
- ROGER ESPINOZA RODRIGUEZPrivate · Panel 7E, Line 122
- SYLVESTER SWINFORD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 123
- WALTER JOSEPH WETZELPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 124
From Greeley
- JAMES ALLAN TOOTHAKERHospitalman · August 31, 1966
- LAVERNE WALKERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- ERVIN LEE CONDREAYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES BECKLance Corporal · June 3, 1968
- LUCIANO ARIASCorporal · March 25, 1969
- KENNITH MARION SEWARDSpecialist Five · May 27, 1969
- JOHN DAVID INCELance Corporal · June 9, 1969
- THOMAS VINCENT FELDHAUSSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- ELDON LYLE SHAPLEYSpecialist Five · October 10, 1971
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.