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WILLIE JAMES MOORE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 15, 1943 – June 8, 1967
Service recordWillie James Moore, of Ft Myers, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 72
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Ft Myers, Florida (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 72
- RONALD ANTHONY WILLIAMSLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE WORTHENPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- EDWARD SATORU YAMASHIROSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- JEFFREY LAWRENCE BARKERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY LORENZO DAWCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 73
- THOMAS LEO HOENIGESSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 74
- HANS DIETRICK LANGESpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 74
- JOHN THOMAS MCMAHONCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 75
- DONALD ANDREW MOURITZENSpecialist Five · Panel 21E, Line 75
- GLENN ALLEN WATKINSCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 77
- HOWARD LEE WEBBSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 77
From Ft Myers
- ERNEST M SCHULTZ IIISpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- CHRISTOPHER J DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · September 25, 1966
- GEORGE DANIEL THEISENPrivate First Class · December 13, 1966
- ROBERT FULTON HELVESTONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- THOMAS LEE MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAYTON MARQUI SPAINHOWERPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CULLIE WILSON BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE WHITTENSergeant · May 8, 1968
- JOHN KENT HAYWARDCaptain · December 17, 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.