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RICHARD MICHAEL MOYERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 27, 1946 – February 7, 1967
Service recordRichard Michael Moyers, of Hannibal, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Engineer Missile Equipment Specialist (62C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 362 ENG CO USARV
- Born
- November 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Hannibal, Missouri (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1967; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “362 ENG CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 6
- JOHN LARRY LOCKWOODSpecialist Four · February 7, 1967
- WILLIAM STANLEY MASTERCorporal · February 7, 1967
- DANIEL J MCGILVARY JRSpecialist Four · February 7, 1967
- WALTER MILLECorporal · February 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER MILLECorporal · Panel 15E, Line 6
From Hannibal
- ARTHUR EDWARD HICKMANSergeant First Class · December 8, 1965
- DON FAUROT DIANMaster Sergeant · April 23, 1968
- JAMES LEAR GLOVER JRPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- DENNIS ROGER HUNSLEYFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1969
- DAREN LEE KOENIGSergeant · April 6, 1969
- THOMAS MONTGOMERY SMITHSergeant · April 14, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT HOLMESCorporal · March 29, 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.