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VICTOR AURELLIANO MORENO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 10, 1950 – February 14, 1970
Service recordVictor Aurelliano Moreno, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 11
- THOMAS ANDREW GUENTHERWarrant Officer 1 · February 14, 1970
- LOUIS WILLIAM MCLIN IIIPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- WAYNE DABNEY MCRAYSpecialist Four · February 14, 1970
- RONALD GEORGE NEUBAUERCaptain · February 14, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.