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JAMES WILLMER MAROON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 27, 1928 – March 8, 1967
Service recordJames Willmer Maroon, of Prescott, Arkansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 41
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1928
- Home of record
- Prescott, Arkansas (Nevada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 41
- CHARLES RAY MOUDRYSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- HARLAN CLAUDE NELSONPrivate First Class · March 8, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS PAWLISHLieutenant Commander · March 8, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BUD AUGUSTINE GUILLORYPrivate · Panel 16E, Line 40
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 40
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.