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WILLIAM VANCE MOSS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 2, 1945 – December 21, 1965
Service recordWilliam Vance Moss, of Chappaqua, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 33
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Specialist (0231)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 2 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Chappaqua, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 33
- LEROY ELTON JONESSergeant · December 21, 1965
- RONALD ERNEST MULLINAXCorporal · December 21, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM NICKERSONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1965
- WILLIAM W RICHARDPrivate First Class · December 21, 1965
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.