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WARREN MOYER JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 23, 1948 – July 3, 1968
Service recordWarren Moyer JR, of Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 4
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- May 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Birdsboro, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 4
- ROY HOWARD MCCLAINPrivate First Class · July 3, 1968
- FRANKLIN DELANO RATLIFFCorporal · July 3, 1968
- PAUL SCHECKLERLance Corporal · July 3, 1968
- CRAIG LEWIS SMITHCorporal · July 3, 1968
From Birdsboro
- TERRY GRANT FEGELYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1967
- HARRY JULIUS MOSER IVSergeant · August 14, 1967
- LEROY CLAYTON HALLERPrivate First Class · May 31, 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.