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ROBERT EUGENE MOSS
Major · U.S. Army
August 16, 1930 – March 1, 1968
Service recordRobert Eugene Moss, of Yorktown, Virginia, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 16, 1930
- Home of record
- Yorktown, Virginia (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 21
- EDWARD MICHAEL MISIUTAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- BENNIE RAY MONCUSPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JOHN HERBERT MORENOSergeant · March 1, 1968
- ALDEN FRANK MOREY JRCorporal · March 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE GILES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 16
From Yorktown
- DOUGLAS WARREN HOGGELance Corporal · June 5, 1966
- JAMES DOIL RADERCorporal · December 6, 1967
- MELVIN DOUGLAS RASHChief Master Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- RODNEY GLENN OXENDINECorporal · August 12, 1969
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.