Married to Rita Robinson
Parents: Claude Joseph Moneymaker and Gladys Irene McFarland Moneymaker
Length of Service: 19 years
Died at the age of 37 on March 25, 1969, in Thailand
Cause of Death: Non-hostile, died of illness or disease
432nd Supply Squadron, 432nd CBT SPT Group, 432nd TAC RECON WING, 7th Air Force

Sgt. Moneymaker, 37, suffered a brain hemorrhage while unloading a lumber truck at Udore Air Force Base in Thailand. He had been stationed at Amarillo Air Force Base for seven years before leaving in November for Thailand. He was born and raised in Knoxville. Moneymaker joined the Air Force when he was 17 years old and lacked ony six months before he was scheduled to retire.

  • Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Date of birth:
  • 13 June 1931
  • Date of death: 25 March 1969
  • County: Knox
  • Service Branch: Air Force
  • Division/Assignment: 432nd Supply Squadron, 7th Air Force
  • Conflict: Vietnam
  • Awards: Bronze Star
  • Burial/Memorial Location: Solway Cemetery, Solway, Knox County, TN
  • Location In Memorial: Pillar XXIII, Top Panel
  • Sponsored by: Robert Worrell

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