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JOSEPH ANTHONY MAISANO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 29, 1948 – September 23, 1968
Service recordJoseph Anthony Maisano, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 69
- ROBERT WILLIAM HARRISLieutenant · September 23, 1968
- ALLAN FRED KOEBERNICKStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1968
- DENNIS WILLIAM KOSEBASpecialist Five · September 23, 1968
- RICHARD GREENE MADDOXCaptain · September 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TEODORO SANTELLANPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 1
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.