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WALTER LEE MOORE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 5, 1947 – March 11, 1969
Service recordWalter Lee Moore, of Irving, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 12
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Irving, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 12
- NEAL E MONETTECaptain · March 11, 1969
- JOHN FREDERICK MORRISPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- DENNIS LEE MOYERPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- STEVEN BOYD OAKSLance Corporal · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PERRY LEONARD BOZEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 4
- BENNIE JOE GRAHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 8
- JAMES HARRISON HORTONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 10
- DEAN RUSSELL ORNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 13
- ROBIN WILLIAM RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 13
From Irving
- WILLIAM MICHAEL CAINPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS GLENN MODISETTESergeant · May 21, 1967
- CHARLES ALONZO PARADISEMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- VARDE WESTON SMITH IIICorporal · September 4, 1967
- ARLON DANIEL WALL JRAirman First Class · September 9, 1967
- CLARENCE LOUIS HARLOWPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT OLEN BUCKNER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CARL WAYNE DORRIESPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- HERMAN A MILLER IIPetty Officer Third Class · August 11, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER AARONPrivate · August 14, 1968
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.