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RUSSELL EUGENE MOKE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 19, 1944 – February 7, 1969
Service recordRussell Eugene Moke, of East Peoria, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 80
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- January 19, 1944
- Home of record
- East Peoria, Illinois (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 80
- LINWOOD RAY CUMBOPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
- DONALD KENT MCLEANSergeant · February 7, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER MITCHELLPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
- MICHAEL LYNN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
From East Peoria
- CARL RAY BARNHARTPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- BERNARD CHARLES MATTSONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- WILLIAM DERRILL TRENTLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
- JOHN EMORY MILESPrivate First Class · July 2, 1968
- BENJAMIN H BINEGAR JRSpecialist Four · February 4, 1969
- CLIFFORD IVAN WRIGHTSergeant · October 12, 1970
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.