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THOMAS JON MOORE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 1, 1945 – February 19, 1968
Service recordThomas Jon Moore, of Williamsville, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 26
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
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Williamsville, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 26
- SYLVESTER MCCULLOUGHTechnical Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- HERMAN MCKINNIECorporal · February 19, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD MULLINSFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1968
- RICHARD DUANE ODAFFERHospitalman · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN COHANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40E, Line 18
- DAVID HARRY LEWISStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 24
- ROBERT SMITH GRIFFITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 32
From Williamsville
- KEVIN GERALD OCONNELLPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- JOHN AUSTIN ANDERSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- DONALD JOSEPH BERGERCaptain · December 28, 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.