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JOSEPH ANTHONY MAGGIO JR
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1947 – May 25, 1967
Service recordJoseph Anthony Maggio JR, of Melrose Park, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 104
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Melrose Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 104
- THOMAS ROBERT IKEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- ALFRED GEORGE KIRCHERStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1967
- REYNALD GERARD LEPAGEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- LARRY JOE LILESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
From Melrose Park
- JON PETER TURKCorporal · October 27, 1967
- DWIGHT FARWELL BENNETT JRLance Corporal · November 29, 1967
- THOMAS HOWARD HEISEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- FRANK R GILCHRIST JRPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
- OLAF THOMAS OLSENCorporal · March 11, 1970
- CHARLES NORBERT KOWALKSpecialist Four · May 21, 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.