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CALVIN WALTER MAXWELL
Major · U.S. Army
November 6, 1943 – October 10, 1969
Service recordCalvin Walter Maxwell, of Eddy, Minnesota, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on October 10, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 63
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- November 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Eddy, Minnesota (Clearwater County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 10, 1969
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 17W, Line 63
- NICHOLAS PIERRE LANNOYECorporal · October 10, 1969
- ROBERT LANI LAZARUSCorporal · October 10, 1969
- EUGENE JOSEPH MORSEFirst Lieutenant · October 10, 1969
- TED PIERCESpecialist Four · October 10, 1969
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.