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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Walter Lewis Moses JR.

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WALTER LEWIS MOSES JR

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

March 8, 1947 – March 19, 1969

Service record

Walter Lewis Moses JR, of Wooster, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 29W · Line 81

Position of Panel 29W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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)
196 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
March 8, 1947
Home of record
Wooster, Ohio (Wayne County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 19, 1969
Age
22
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 29W, Line 81

Same unit, same day

From Wooster

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.