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RICHARD FINISA MOODY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 5, 1947 – December 20, 1965
Service recordRichard Finisa Moody, of Cottage Hills, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 20, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Cottage Hills, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 31
- WILLIAM HENRY CRISPTechnical Sergeant · December 20, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
- MARVIN LEROY SHIPMANPrivate First Class · December 20, 1965
- DONALD CLAYTON SMITHFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1965
From Cottage Hills
- GENE TRACY COVEYSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- GIL STEVENS WILFONGCorporal · August 14, 1969
- RUSSELL DAVID WATTSCorporal · May 24, 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.