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ROBERT JEROME MORONEY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 23, 1932 – December 14, 1965
Service recordRobert Jerome Moroney, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 14, 1965, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 16
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- January 23, 1932
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1965; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 16
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- JAMES CARL KINDELCaptain · December 14, 1965
- PETE ANTHONY VALASQUEZStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1965
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- HARVEY LYN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · September 4, 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.