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RICHARD LEE MOSS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 18, 1945 – May 16, 1968
Service recordRichard Lee Moss, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 14
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 14
- ORMOND MITCHELL MILLERPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN MORRISPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- RICHARD KEITH MORRISONPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN MYSKYWEIZPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.