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RONALD KELVIN MOORE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 14, 1949 – November 4, 1968
Service recordRonald Kelvin Moore, of Herkimer, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Herkimer, New York (Herkimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 17
- DERRICK HENDERSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
- EDDIE LEE JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
- MARVIN CARL JONESPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
- BURT EVERETT MILLERPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
From Herkimer
- GORDON RICHARD WITTMANStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1966
- RICHARD FRANCIS GRAHAMPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- PHILIP M CIRILLOSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- BRIAN HARRY BURDICKPrivate First Class · December 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.