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HAROLD WILLIAM MAHER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 8, 1950 – March 27, 1969
Service recordHarold William Maher, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 27, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 62
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Altoona, Pennsylvania (Blair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 62
- RONALD JONESPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT LONGSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- WILLIE DANIEN MARTINEZCorporal · March 27, 1969
- ALFRED MORENO JRPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
From Altoona
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SCHUSTERCorporal · June 1, 1966
- ALFRED JAMES KIBLERLance Corporal · October 6, 1966
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- WILLIAM JOEL RICKMANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- EDWARD PHILIP SZEYLLERLieutenant · April 4, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD CAREYLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- ROBERT CARL DAMBECKMaster Sergeant · July 7, 1967
- NICHOLAS CHARLES BIANCONICorporal · July 24, 1967
- GEAN PRESTON CLAPPERChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- SHELDON D SCHULTZChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 5, 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.