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JORGE JOSEPH MALDONADO
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
November 20, 1945 – July 11, 1967
Service recordJorge Joseph Maldonado, of New York, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 11, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 53
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G BTRY 3 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 20, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1967; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G BTRY 3 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 53
- CLARENCE ERNEST LOSSINGSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- DAVID HENRY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES NICKLOWSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- GEORGE EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · July 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KEVIN MICHAEL CLARKELance Corporal · Panel 23E, Line 48
- DENNIS DWAYNE SKUTTLance Corporal · Panel 23E, Line 54
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.