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FELIX MALONE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1922 – September 21, 1971
Service recordFelix Malone, of Oakland, California, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 49. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 23
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Analyst (96B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 16, 1922
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1971
- Age
- 49
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 23
- THOMAS WILLIAM TRUELOVEStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1971
- CLIFFORD LESLI CLARKE IIISpecialist Four · September 22, 1971
- ROBERT FRANK HOJNACKIPrivate First Class · September 22, 1971
- CHARLES EGBERT JAQUINSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1971
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.