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JOHN ROBERT MAXSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1948 – June 5, 1969
Service recordJohn Robert Maxson, of Bushnell, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Bushnell, Illinois (Mcdonough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 76
- DAVID LYLE MANNCorporal · June 5, 1969
- JAMES ARNOLD MARDIS JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- CLAUDIE METCALFPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- TORRANCE MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KERRY EUGENE HESSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 74
- DAVID LYLE MANNCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 76
From Bushnell
- FRED GORDON BERTOLINOFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1967
- GARY RAY FITCHSergeant · February 2, 1968
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.