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STEPHEN TRUE MOODY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 26, 1945 – July 2, 1969
Service recordStephen True Moody, of Malverne, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 47
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Malverne, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 47
- CARL EDWARD LAMBERSON JRFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1969
- BOBBY LEE MCCOYSergeant · July 2, 1969
- ROBERT RAY MCGINNISSergeant · July 2, 1969
- TIMOTHY CRAIG NUNNALLYPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT LEE DELANEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 44
- HOUSTON GULLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 45
From Malverne
- WILLIAM ESPOSITOPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS ROST JRLieutenant (junior grade) · November 17, 1969
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.