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WILLIAM ROBERT MOORE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 6, 1945 – December 16, 1965
Service recordWilliam Robert Moore, of Richmond, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 16, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 18
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
- Nuclear, Biological And Chemical Defense Specialist (5711)
- Born
- June 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Richmond, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 18
- JOSEPH BRADSHAW BAGGETTMajor · December 16, 1965
- JOSE BAMBA DUENASStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1965
- AUBURN WOOD FOREMAN JRCorporal · December 16, 1965
- RAYMOND STANLEY JOY JRCorporal · December 16, 1965
From Richmond
- EDWARD N LEONARDPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOSE YBANEZSpecialist Five · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- JOHN HENRY BUTCHER JRSergeant Major · April 16, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL AKSTINCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DAVID ALAN ROBINCorporal · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 1967
- BOBBY DON CARVERPetty Officer First Class · December 6, 1967
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.