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ARCHIE JAMES MAPLE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1946 – October 15, 1967
Service recordArchie James Maple JR, of Canton, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Canton, Missouri (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1967; eight 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 9
- DAVID JAMES GRONAUPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- JAMES RANDALL HOTTENROTHFirst Lieutenant · October 15, 1967
- FREDERICK LEROY JACKSONStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1967
- QUENTIN DENNIS ZAMBANOSecond Lieutenant · October 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE A PODLESNIKPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 7
- NATHANIEL DABONSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 8
- LARRY TURNER MCBURNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 10
- JAMES FRANCIS MORROWStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 10
- EUGENE ALLEN PARISHPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 10
- BURNELL SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 11
From Canton
- RANDOLPH MERLE GAMETHospitalman · September 7, 1967
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.