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JOHN FRANCIS MALONEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 14, 1950 – June 10, 1970
Service recordJohn Francis Maloney JR, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 39
- JERRY LEE HURLEYStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1970
- VYRL EUGENE LEICHLITER JRFirst Lieutenant · June 10, 1970
- JOHN WADE LONG JRCorporal · June 10, 1970
- WILLIE EDWARD MACKLance Corporal · June 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARION BRYAN ANDLERCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 36
- JAMES MIKE DAVISCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 37
- JOHN JOSEPH VARDNERCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 41
- EDWIN THOMAS WINTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 42
- SHOJIRO YAMASHITASergeant · Panel 9W, Line 42
From Pawtucket
- ANTONIO PAUL MACIMINIOLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- RONALD GERARD PIERCEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- NORMAND AURELE PLANTESpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- CHARLES YAGHOOBIAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
- RAYMOND WIL MICHALOPOULOSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- ROBERT WILFRED RENAUDPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD MOORE IIISpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · March 21, 1969
- WALTER LEO PRITCHARD JRLieutenant Colonel · April 12, 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.