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WILLIAM JOSHUA MOSES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1948 – May 29, 1968
Service recordWilliam Joshua Moses, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 9
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 63W, Line 9
- TRISTAL MACIASCorporal · May 29, 1968
- CLIFFORD B MARTIN JRHospitalman · May 29, 1968
- HAROLD MASON JRSpecialist Four · May 29, 1968
- JOAQUIN NERIS-APONTEStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1968
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.