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WAVERY MOORE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1925 – May 12, 1969
Service recordWavery Moore, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 78
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 16, 1925
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; four of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 78
- RICHARD H MCCORMICK JRSergeant · May 12, 1969
- DENNIS ARTHUR MCELROYStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
- LESLIE WAYNE MCKILLOPLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN MITCHELLCorporal · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS BREEDLOVESecond Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 62
- ROBERT G CEVALLOSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 65
- CLYDE RAY GREENStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 69
- MELVIN GREEN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 25W, Line 69
- ADANO HERNANDEZ MADRIDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 76
- DENNIS ARTHUR MCELROYStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 78
- WASHINGTON PAULEYSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 81
- RONALD GAIL SMITHEESecond Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 85
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.