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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Ronald John Moe.

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RONALD JOHN MOE

First Lieutenant · U.S. Army

October 6, 1944 – November 26, 1968

Service record

Ronald John Moe, of Anaconda, Montana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 38W · Line 67

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
First Lieutenant (1LT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Gen Sv Engineer Unit Commander (1328)
Unit (as recorded)
589 ENG CO USARV
Born
October 6, 1944
Home of record
Anaconda, Montana (Deer Lodge County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 26, 1968
Age
24
Province
Ninh Thuan
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

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What was happening

33 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “589 ENG CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.

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From Anaconda

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.