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LOUIS JOSEPH MAHER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 4, 1949 – March 24, 1968
Service recordLouis Joseph Maher JR, of Walkerton, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Walkerton, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 8
- RONALD ROY LAKEPetty Officer Third Class · March 24, 1968
- GERALD ROGER LEGERSergeant · March 24, 1968
- ROBERT J LORENZOSergeant · March 24, 1968
- GEORGE ROLAND MARTINSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
From Walkerton
- SAMUEL EUGENE HEWITTSergeant · March 23, 1966
- LYNN LEROY SMITHCorporal · April 17, 1966
- DAVID LEE SKINNERLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- DONALD RAY COLDEBERGSergeant · March 3, 1967
- DONNIE RAY HARLEYCorporal · May 27, 1969
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.