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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Earl Adelbert Mailloux.

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EARL ADELBERT MAILLOUX

Corporal · U.S. Army

October 1, 1940 – January 25, 1968

Service record

Earl Adelbert Mailloux, of Oakland, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 35E · Line 34

Position of Panel 35E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
October 1, 1940
Home of record
Oakland, California (Alameda County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 25, 1968
Age
27
Province
Phuoc Long
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

38 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 35E, Line 34

Same unit, same day

From Oakland

All 98 names from Oakland →

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.