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CHRISTOPHER LORING MAHER
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 24, 1947 – March 15, 1968
Service recordChristopher Loring Maher, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 15, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 123
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electronics Technician (AT)
- Born
- December 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 123
- WILLIAM CARROLL ELROD JRMajor · April 14, 1971
- ROY RAY HALLCorporal · April 14, 1971
- JAMES JILES JRStaff Sergeant · April 14, 1971
- RONNIE ALBERT KERRPrivate First Class · April 14, 1971
- THOMAS EARL MACKEYConstructionman · April 14, 1971
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
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.