Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: C Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 24-Jan-1949
Hometown: Oakland, California
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 1-May-1968
Start of tour: 16-Oct-1968
Incident date: 22-Mar-1969
Date of casualty: 23-Mar-1969
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Bill Arthur Moschetti died from wound received while gunner of a military vehicle on military mission when a hostile force was encountered Individual was admitted to a military medical facility, placed on the Very Serious Injury (VSI) list, and later expired. / Gunner on Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) on reconnaissance in force mission engaged hostile force in firefight. Individual admitted to 24th Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh, on 22 Mar 1969 at 1315 hrs, placed in Very Serious Injury (VSI) list on 22 Mar at 1315 hrs, and later expired. Incident occurred 22 Mar 1969 at 1130 hrs.
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XT 601 623
Place of interment: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California, USA
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