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ROBERT JOHN MORAS
Fireman · U.S. Navy
May 17, 1946 – December 4, 1967
Service recordRobert John Moras, of Escanaba, Michigan, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 4, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 37
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11
- Born
- May 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Escanaba, Michigan (Delta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 37
- WOLFGANG TONY OTTO MOHLSpecialist Five · December 4, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MOSELEYPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- EDWARD STEPHEN OBRIENSeaman · December 4, 1967
- CHARLES GLENN SCHNEGGCorporal · December 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ADRIAN EALON HOWELLFireman · Panel 31E, Line 35
From Escanaba
- RICHARD ARNOLD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 7, 1967
- BRUCE KEITH CRAIGPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- GARY EDWARD RUSHASpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- RICHARD KENNETH LEWISPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY FILLIONSergeant · May 16, 1970
- JOHN FREDERICK PEPINSpecialist Four · August 13, 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.