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EDWARD MICHAEL MAHER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 4, 1947 – August 2, 1968
Service recordEdward Michael Maher JR, of Hillsdale, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 52
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Hillsdale, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 52
- WILLIAM PRESTON ARMSTRONGSergeant · August 2, 1968
- AL DEWITT MEMORYPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- CHARLES HEWETT MILLNERPrivate · August 2, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE MORTONLance Corporal · August 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN JOSEPH DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 49
From Hillsdale
- MICHAEL CONRAD ROELLPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- GEORGE ALBERT POOR JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ERNIE JON ELFENBEINCorporal · October 6, 1967
- PETER PATRICK MURNER JRSecond Lieutenant · August 26, 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.