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JUAN ARTURO MALDONADO
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 29, 1938 – January 17, 1969
Service recordJuan Arturo Maldonado, of Santurce, Puerto Rico, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 17, 1969, in Laos, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 26
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
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 29, 1938
- Home of record
- Santurce, Puerto Rico (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 34W, Line 26
- EARL LAROY LEIGHTONSeaman Apprentice · January 17, 1969
- VICTOR LOPEZSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- WALTER WESLEY MARTINMajor · January 17, 1969
- STEPHEN WOODTHORPE MAYNELance Corporal · January 17, 1969
From Santurce
- RAFAEL ACEVEDO-RECHANIMajor · December 3, 1965
- EDUARDO GONZALEZ-DROZSergeant · March 22, 1966
- ALFREDO OSTOLAZO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- VICTOR M TOSADO-HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- ARMANDO RAMOSSergeant First Class · October 4, 1966
- LUIS VIGO-NEGRINStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1967
- NOEL ALEXANDER JOHNSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1967
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
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.