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RICHARD LAWRENCE MORENO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 22, 1946 – November 23, 1967
Service recordRichard Lawrence Moreno, of Weatherford, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 7 BN 9 ARTY II FF
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Weatherford, Texas (Parker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 72
- JOHN JAMES MARTINEZLance Corporal · November 23, 1967
- RICHARD FLOYD MASONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1967
- FRANCIS JOHN MURACOCorporal · November 23, 1967
- RONALD WADE PATTONCorporal · November 23, 1967
From Weatherford
- OMMIE TRUMAN COX JRMajor · December 16, 1967
- TROY DAVID FAULKNERSpecialist Five · April 23, 1969
- LEO CLARK OATMANStaff Sergeant · May 21, 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.