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DARRELL WAYNE MAYNARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 13, 1946 – June 14, 1968
Service recordDarrell Wayne Maynard, of Scottsville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 20
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Scottsville, Kentucky (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 20
- ROYAL CHARLES MANKTechnical Sergeant · June 14, 1968
- CRAIG STANLEY MUHICHSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- ROBERT LAWRENCE RODRICKSergeant · June 14, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD WHITESpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH DAVID DUELK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 17
- LARVON FLOYDCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 18
- DOUGLAS DAVID GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 18
From Scottsville
- WENDELL LEWIS WILSONSergeant · October 28, 1966
- FLOYD G TALLEYSpecialist Five · December 8, 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.