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RICHARD LYNN MOORE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1946 – May 17, 1967
Service recordRichard Lynn Moore, of Collinsville, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Transportation Supply And Parts Specialist (76H)
- Born
- July 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Collinsville, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 17
- CHARLES W JOHNSTON JRCorporal · May 17, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD MICHAELSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- JASPER NEWTON NEWBERRY JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR PAINEPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1967
From Collinsville
- CHARLES BERNARD LANKFORDStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1963
- ROBERT WILCOX MOODYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- ADAM EDWARD WERSCHINGSergeant · March 2, 1967
- NORMAN EUGENE THOMASStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1968
- JERRY LEE DODSONLance Corporal · February 25, 1968
- DAVID K DEMATTEISPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- LUCKY GAYLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- EDWARD MONROE SIMPSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ALVIN LEE EVANOFFSpecialist Four · December 6, 1970
- DAVID PAUL MEYERWarrant Officer 1 · May 7, 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.