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CHARLES DENNIS MAURIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1949 – December 24, 1968
Service recordCharles Dennis Maurin, of Santaquin, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 73
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- July 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Santaquin, Utah (Utah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 73
- BRUCE MICHAEL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 24, 1968
- JAMES D OZBUNChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 24, 1968
- FREDERICK G PARKER JRSpecialist Four · December 24, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE RICHARDSCorporal · December 24, 1968
From Santaquin
- LARRY OLIVER ROBBINSPrivate First Class · April 13, 1969
- JOSEPH EDWARD JACQUEZLance Corporal · May 11, 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.