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JOHN EDWARD MALONEY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 16, 1942 – February 2, 1968
Service recordJohn Edward Maloney JR, of Ridgewood, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- May 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Ridgewood, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “F CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 78
- WILLIAM EARL LOZIERSecond Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- FRANCISCO MACHADO JRCorporal · February 2, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD MARTINLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- LARRY LEONARD MAXAMCorporal · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CRISTOBAL FIGUEROA-PEREZCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 70
From Ridgewood
- JOSEPH JOHN SCHUSTERStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1965
- ERIC RIBITSCHPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK PACKARDPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- WOLFGANG EDWARD KRESSEPrivate · May 15, 1967
- ROBERT MARIO DEDOMINICSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- RONALD ALFRED GALANTESpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
- ANDREW CARL ANDERSENSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- JOHN DAVID KROUSLISFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1968
- ANTHONY VULTAGGIOCorporal · July 8, 1969
- TERRENCE CARMINE BRASILESergeant · August 7, 1969
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.