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JOSE MALDONADO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 9, 1943 – November 1, 1971
Service recordJose Maldonado, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 1, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 58
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 9, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 58
- ANGEL ALARID QUEVEDOPrivate First Class · October 31, 1971
- CARL DELBERT TOMLIN JRTechnical Sergeant · October 31, 1971
- THOMAS PAUL FRANKCommander · November 1, 1971
- MICHAEL LYNN HINOSpecialist Four · November 1, 1971
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.