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THOMAS WILLIAM MORIARTY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 7, 1947 – May 31, 1970
Service recordThomas William Moriarty, of Elmont, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Born
- September 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Elmont, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 126
- ROBERT PHILLIP OBRIENPrivate · May 31, 1970
- HILARIO OCHOA PEREZPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- FRANK MICHAEL PERRY JRCorporal · May 31, 1970
- MARK DURWOOD PONTIUSCorporal · May 31, 1970
From Elmont
- CHARLES FRED BIVETTOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- RICHARD DOMENIC NICOLINIPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- PETER JOHN LOVANPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- BARRY RALPH BAUSCHSergeant · May 12, 1969
- THOMAS S BONVENTREPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
- GERALD MICHAEL VETRANOStaff Sergeant · July 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.