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JAMES COSTA MAIATO JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 5, 1949 – November 12, 1968
Service recordJames Costa Maiato JR, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 55
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Shore Party Specialist (1381)
- Born
- December 5, 1949
- Home of record
- New Bedford, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 55
- CHARLES RAY MCCURTAIN JRSergeant · November 12, 1968
- WILBUR LEROY MONGWarrant Officer 1 · November 12, 1968
- EUSEBIO MONTOYAPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- JAMES ALEXANDER MYERS JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 12, 1968
From New Bedford
- EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDAPrivate · July 8, 1965
- WILLIE JOSEPH WRIGHTSergeant First Class · December 5, 1965
- KENNETH EDWARD BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- PAUL ELIAS HASSEYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- JAMES KEVIN OLEARYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- LUIZ PINA JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
- JOHN JAMES CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH LANDRYSergeant · April 29, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON OFFLEYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- NORMAND LOUIS BEAULIEUCorporal · June 2, 1967
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.