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JAMES ROBERT MAURER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 16, 1947 – May 14, 1968
Service recordJames Robert Maurer, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 14
- WALTER HUGH MAULDINMaster Sergeant · May 8, 1968
- DONNIE GORDON LEWISLance Corporal · May 14, 1968
- LOUIS CARDELL LOWELance Corporal · May 14, 1968
- MICHAEL HENRY LYNCHSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- JESUS MEJIAPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE GILBERTSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 10
- DANIEL GENE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 12
- JOSE MUNATONES JRCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 15
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.