Ralph Moore

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Ralph Moore

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Missing For

Name:Ralph Edward Moore
D.O.B: 26 Dec.1946
Home of Record: Indianapolis , IN
Date of Loss: 03 May 1967
Country Of Loss: South Vietnam
Coordinates Of Loss: 144717N /1090028E
Status:Killed / B.N.R.
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Unit: Company B 2nd Btn.,35th Inf., 25th Inf.Div.

Name: Ralph Edward Moore
Rank/Branch: E3/US Army
Unit: Company B, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division
Date of Birth: 26 December 1946
Home City of Record: Indianapolis IN
Date of Loss: 03 May 1967
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 144717N 1090028E (BS856357)
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground

Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)

Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 15 June 1990 from one or more of the
following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with
POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.

REMARKS:

SYNOPSIS: PFC Ralph E. Moore was a rifleman assigned to Company B, 2nd
Battalion, 35th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. On May 3, 1967, Moore was
serving as the pointman on a fire team on a search and destroy mission in Quang
Ngai Province, South Vietnam. As Moore crossed a hedgerow, members of his unit
were knocked down by the blast of what was believed to be an exploding mine.

When the unit organized a search for Moore, he was not located. His wallet and
helmet liner were found some distance from the site but nothing else was found
associated with Moore.

It was speculated that the mine, which may have been as large as a 250 pound
explosive device, detonated at or near Moore's position and that the effects
located had actually been blown off him, and that no remains would ever be
found. Although it was believed that Moore was dead, the possibility of finding
remains at some future time was not ruled out.

For Ralph E. Moore, death seems a certainty. For hundreds of others, however,
simple answers are not possible. Adding to the torment of over 10,000 reports
relating to Americans missing in Southeast Asia is the certain knowledge that
some Americans who were known to be prisoners of war were not released at the
end of the war. Others were suspected to be prisoners, and still others were in
radio contact with would-be rescuers when last seen alive. Many were known to
have survived their loss incidents, only to disappear without a trace.

The problem of Americans still missing torments not only the families of those
who are missing, but the men who fought by their sides, and those in the general
public who realize the full implication of leaving men unaccounted for at the
end of a war.

Tragically, many authorities believe there are hundreds of Americans still alive
in captivity in Southeast Asia today. What must they be thinking of us? What
will our next generation say if called to fight if we are unable to bring these
men home from Southeast Asia?