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ROBERT GENE MOORE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 22, 1948 – November 30, 1970
Service recordRobert Gene Moore, of Robinson, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 99
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Water Treatment Specialist (51N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Robinson, Illinois (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 99
- JAMES DALE JONESFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1970
- BENJAMIN ROY NELSON JRCorporal · November 30, 1970
- PATRICK JAMES PAULICHPrivate · November 30, 1970
- JOHN CURTIS STRINGER IICaptain · November 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK LEE FIELDSSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 98
From Robinson
- GEORGE BURNS HAYSCaptain · June 13, 1967
- ARTHUR CLEON ROESLERSpecialist Four · October 25, 1967
- JAMES RAY INBODENSergeant · March 5, 1968
- WILLIAM DEBRECE CODYFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 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.