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WILLIAM JOHN MOORE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 1, 1935 – May 18, 1966
Service recordWilliam John Moore, of Monmouth, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 18, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 83
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 310 ACO SQ
- Born
- July 1, 1935
- Home of record
- Monmouth, Illinois (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1966; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “310 ACO SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 83
- ANTONIO PARADA-BARRERAPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- ONSBY RAY ROSESpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- ALBERT RICHARD WILSONFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JERRY MACK WALLAirman First Class · Panel 7E, Line 84
From Monmouth
- LARRY DEAN TAYLORLance Corporal · August 30, 1966
- BENJAMIN FRANCIS ALMAGUERPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- ALBERT ELMORE COOKStaff Sergeant · June 2, 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.