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JOSEPH ANTHONY MAAG JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 6, 1948 – April 29, 1968
Service recordJoseph Anthony Maag JR, of Le Claire, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Le Claire, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 3
- JOSEPH THOMAS KOVALOFFSergeant · April 29, 1968
- DAVID GAIL LEDGERWOODSergeant · April 29, 1968
- JAY LESLIE LIEBERMANStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1968
- VERNON WALTER NIX IIIStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ARTHUR ROARSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 7
From Le Claire
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS FARRELLPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- PATRICK LOYAL FRICKESergeant · March 7, 1971
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.