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ROBERT MOORE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 14, 1948 – November 23, 1969
Service recordRobert Moore JR, of Elmer, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 112
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Elmer, New Jersey (Salem County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 112
- ROBERT ANDREW CLEMENTSCaptain · November 23, 1969
- GRAYLAND JONESPrivate First Class · November 23, 1969
- VINCENT BURKE LEESecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1969
- ALBERT EDEN PARKERSpecialist Four · November 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GRAYLAND JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 112
From Elmer
- JOHN ATKINSSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- RUSSELL G GARRISONSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- FRANCIS STEVEN RHOADESPrivate · September 19, 1968
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.