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ALBERT GEORGE MAROSCHER
Major · U.S. Army
May 14, 1935 – April 15, 1968
Service recordAlbert George Maroscher, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 5
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 14, 1935
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 5
- GEORGE J ECONOMOUS JRFirst Lieutenant · April 15, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM GRANTSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- LAUREN DALE HUERDSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- DENNIS LEE KLIMPKESpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLIE JAMESSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 3
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.