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CHARLES DEO MALONEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 26, 1942 – June 17, 1970
Service recordCharles Deo Maloney, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 60
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Altoona, Pennsylvania (Blair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 60
- NELS IVAR HEMMINGSONLance Corporal · June 17, 1970
- FRED CARL HENRICKSSpecialist Four · June 17, 1970
- WILSON BEGAY KEESpecialist Four · June 17, 1970
- CARL JOHN LAKERSpecialist Four · June 17, 1970
From Altoona
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SCHUSTERCorporal · June 1, 1966
- ALFRED JAMES KIBLERLance Corporal · October 6, 1966
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- WILLIAM JOEL RICKMANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- EDWARD PHILIP SZEYLLERLieutenant · April 4, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD CAREYLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- ROBERT CARL DAMBECKMaster Sergeant · July 7, 1967
- NICHOLAS CHARLES BIANCONICorporal · July 24, 1967
- GEAN PRESTON CLAPPERChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- SHELDON D SCHULTZChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 5, 1968
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.