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RICHARD ALLEN MOORE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 24, 1948 – January 30, 1969
Service recordRichard Allen Moore, of Madison, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 30, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Madison, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 21
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- JOSEPH YBARRA RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD REEDERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT RUSSELLPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
From Madison
- RICHARD ALAN HAMBLINPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- JAMES CHRISTIAN NAUCorporal · August 27, 1968
- ROGER LEE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · March 20, 1969
- BERNARD LEROY SWIGERStaff Sergeant · December 11, 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.