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ROBERT JOSEPH MOORE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 22, 1947 – April 4, 1968
Service recordRobert Joseph Moore, of Morristown, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Morristown, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 7
- BRIAN VICTOR LINDBERGLance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- CHARLES CLAUDE MILLERLance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- JOE MICHAEL MORANWarrant Officer 1 · April 4, 1968
- DOUGLAS GEORGE MORTONFireman · April 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GERALD ELGINStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 2
- MICHAEL LEE FARMERPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 2
- TAHER FATHI GHAISSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 3
- DANIEL GUARDADOSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 4
- LEO BRENT GUNNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 4
- RAYMOND JUNIOR JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 5
- LAWRENCE HENRY KOCHERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 48E, Line 6
- JERRY WAYNE SHAINSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 11
- JAMES GUERDON SIGNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 11
From Morristown
- LOUIS GENE PETRONE JRLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- JOHN DIVINE CREWS JRSergeant · June 2, 1968
- ROBERT BRUCE TUFTSCorporal · June 14, 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.