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WILLIAM CURTIS MOORHOUSE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 10, 1945 – March 12, 1970
Service recordWilliam Curtis Moorhouse, of Maple Shade, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Maple Shade, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 119
- WILLIAM T MCCORMICKStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1970
- GARY DOUGLAS MCNICOLSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- JACK WILLIAM MESSERSergeant · March 12, 1970
- TERRY LEE MOSERSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARLIN JERIS HENDERSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 118
From Maple Shade
- WILLIAM ROBERT CRITCHFIELDSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- ROBERT LEO YORKPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.