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RICHARD ALLAN MORAN
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
January 27, 1936 – August 7, 1966
Service recordRichard Allan Moran, of Ft Smith, Arkansas, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 7, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 15 USS INTREPID CVS 11
- Born
- January 27, 1936
- Home of record
- Ft Smith, Arkansas (Sebastian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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 9E, Line 109
- CHARLES WIGGER FRYERLieutenant · August 7, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE GARRETTPrivate First Class · August 7, 1966
- CLIFFORD DAMON LACHANCESergeant First Class · August 7, 1966
- ELLIOTT SIMMONS JRCorporal · August 7, 1966
From Ft Smith
- KARL EDWARD WORSTCaptain · March 2, 1966
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- MARVIN RAY COLEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE METCALFSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- DANNY RAY WESTPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD RICEPrivate · July 28, 1968
- LEDELL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY HANNAPetty Officer Second Class · February 28, 1969
- ELBERT JAMES SAULSSergeant First Class · March 14, 1969
- ROY ARNOLD WOMACKSergeant · March 30, 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.