William J. Moore

Date of Birth: 12/22/1947
Neighborhood: North Philadelphia
High School: Thomas Edison High School
Street: w. Diamond Street
Branch of Service: Marine Corps
Rank: PFC
Date of Casualty: 02/22/1967
Province of Casualty: Quang Ngai
Philadelphia Memorial Panel: Panel 21
Panel Row: 13

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Moore attended Thomas Edison and Dobbins Vocational high schools and worked as a carpenter's apprentice before enlisting in the Marine Corps in July 1966. The 19.year-old private first class, a rifleman in Company A of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, died in Quang Ngai Province, Vietnarn, on Feb. 22, 1967. He was survived by his mother and a brother.

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