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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Antonio Michael Mavroudis.

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ANTONIO MICHAEL MAVROUDIS

Major · U.S. Army

June 6, 1939 – October 28, 1967

Service record

Antonio Michael Mavroudis, of New York, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 28E · Line 91

Position of Panel 28E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Major (MAJ)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
June 6, 1939
Home of record
New York, New York (Kings County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 28, 1967
Age
28
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 28E, Line 91

Same unit, same day

From New York

All 1370 names from New York →

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.