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CHARLES LEE MAXIE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 26, 1938 – August 19, 1966
Service recordCharles Lee Maxie, of Hibbing, Minnesota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 26, 1938
- Home of record
- Hibbing, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 20
- CLIFFORD MCCALLPrivate First Class · August 19, 1966
- LAWRENCE D WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · August 19, 1966
- FRANK JOHN AUGUSTPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH COMPTONPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
From Hibbing
- KENNETH LEROY BAUERStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1966
- VERNON LEROY LEINOPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JACK MICHAEL ZAITZSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- KERRY LAMONT TAYLORSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- JAMES ARNE NIEMIPetty Officer Third Class · February 7, 1970
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.