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THOMAS WAYNE MOORE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1938 – March 2, 1967
Service recordThomas Wayne Moore JR, of Webster Springs, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 2
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 2, 1938
- Home of record
- Webster Springs, West Virginia (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 2
- FORREST GOODWINFirst Lieutenant · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD SCOTT GRAHAMCorporal · March 2, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM HANSCOMPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- TERRY GENE HEEKINSecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1967
From Webster Springs
- EUGENE EDWARD STOUTMaster Sergeant · December 28, 1966
- DALLAS RATLIFFSergeant · September 11, 1967
- ROGER DUANE YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- JOHNNY ELLIS MCIECorporal · July 4, 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.