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STEPHEN ALAN MOORE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 23, 1947 – February 1, 1971
Service recordStephen Alan Moore, of Nitro, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 72
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Nitro, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1971; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 72
- KEITH MICHAEL JACKSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 1, 1971
- WALTER XABIER MENDEZPrivate First Class · February 1, 1971
- THOMAS CRAIG MILLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1971
- STEPHEN EDWARD WARRENSpecialist Four · February 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WALTER CASINOStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 71
- GORDON LEE CRAWFORDSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 71
- STEPHEN EDWARD WARRENSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 72
- RICHARD DALE RANDOLPHSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 73
From Nitro
- JAMES LAWRENCE TAYLORSergeant · March 10, 1966
- JAMES CRAIG WEARSPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- RANDOLPH MONROE HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1968
- EARL B ESTEP JRTechnical Sergeant · October 2, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID HOFFMANPrivate First Class · November 4, 1970
- WILLIAM PORTER WALTERSSpecialist Four · June 29, 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.