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WALTER LEE MOORE JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 22, 1949 – September 29, 1968
Service recordWalter Lee Moore JR, of Austin, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 42
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 42
- JOHN JAMES MATUSKASpecialist Four · September 29, 1968
- MERLIN EUGENE MILLERPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH NEWBERRYCaptain · September 29, 1968
- ROBERT DONALD NOELLSCHSpecialist Five · September 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WERNER CURT BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 39
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
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.