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DWIGHT ANDREW MASLINSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 17, 1945 – April 10, 1970
Service recordDwight Andrew Maslinski, of West Palm Beach, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1970, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 118
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 17, 1945
- Home of record
- West Palm Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 118
- PHILLIP MICHAEL LONGPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
- THOMAS MICHAEL LOWESpecialist Four · April 10, 1970
- DOUGLAS CRAIGLOW MABEEFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1970
- JOSEPH STEVEN NEMETHPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
From West Palm Beach
- ELMER L JUCKETT IIIPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- IVY THOMAS ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1967
- HENRY HWEY GAMBLECorporal · April 7, 1967
- HAROLD CLARENCE COOKMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- PAUL HAROLD CLINESergeant · February 6, 1968
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · February 28, 1968
- DAVID LEE WILKERSONSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- GARY LEONARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT RAY DUNCANLieutenant · August 29, 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.