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WALTER ZAMPIER MOORE JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 27, 1947 – May 22, 1967
Service recordWalter Zampier Moore JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 85
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 85
- LEONARD ANTHONY MORGANSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- CLARENCE LUTHER MORRISSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- EDWARD THEODORE MURPHYCorporal · May 22, 1967
- ROBERT L MURPHYSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.