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ROBERT VICTOR MOORE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 3, 1948 – July 18, 1969
Service recordRobert Victor Moore, of Cortland, New York, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 18, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- February 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Cortland, New York (Cortland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 16
- WILLIAM C PROCTOR JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1969
- ROBERT STEPHEN SHEGOGUECorporal · July 18, 1969
- HECTOR VALLELance Corporal · July 18, 1969
- HENRY ONEIL WILHOITEFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 1969
From Cortland
- JAMES ANTHONY GALUTZCorporal · April 20, 1967
- THOMAS WENDELL GOODRICHLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- DOUGLAS J GLOVERSergeant First Class · February 19, 1968
- CARL ALVIN SHUTT JRSpecialist Four · March 27, 1968
- CLIFFORD LYMAN EATONPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PADDOCKFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- BISHOP SKIP BARANOWSKISpecialist Four · July 8, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY CERIOCorporal · May 22, 1970
- WILLIAM PHELPSCaptain · November 23, 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.