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SCOTT FERRIS MOORE JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
April 28, 1949 – February 20, 1970
Service recordScott Ferris Moore JR, of Mesquite, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 20, 1970, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Maint Administrationman (AZ)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HC 7 USS CONSTELLATION CVA 64
- Born
- April 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Mesquite, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1970. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 13W, Line 37
- LESLIE E LIVINGSTON IIIPrivate First Class · February 20, 1970
- CHARLES MICHAEL MEDLEYSpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
- LEON ABNER MILLERStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1970
- LARRY DALE PALMERSpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
From Mesquite
- WILLIAM THOMAS HARRISCaptain · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT MALICHI HOWELL JRLance Corporal · August 3, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS WITHROWPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- ROBERT BRYAN COTTENAirman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES ANDREW SWANCYCorporal · September 23, 1967
- JIMMIE DALE ROGERSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL WEATHERFORDStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1968
- JOHN WALTER DUNLAPSpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- GARY LEE LABONTECorporal · July 17, 1968
- BILLY JACK ROBERTSCorporal · February 28, 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.