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WILLIAM HOWARD MOORE III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 29, 1947 – January 28, 1968
Service recordWilliam Howard Moore III, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 55
- ROBERT LOUIS KELLASFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1968
- DAVID ALAN MARKSSpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MEREIDERPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
- WALTER JOSEPH MIKOSZ JRCorporal · January 28, 1968
From Pawtucket
- ANTONIO PAUL MACIMINIOLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- RONALD GERARD PIERCEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- NORMAND AURELE PLANTESpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- CHARLES YAGHOOBIAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
- RAYMOND WIL MICHALOPOULOSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- ROBERT WILFRED RENAUDPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · March 21, 1969
- WALTER LEO PRITCHARD JRLieutenant Colonel · April 12, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM DEANLance Corporal · April 14, 1969
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.