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MARTIN JOSEPH MAHER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1947 – May 5, 1969
Service recordMartin Joseph Maher, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 7
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 7
- ROBERT DALE HARKERSpecialist Four · May 5, 1969
- ARTHUR T MALLINCKRODT JRSergeant · May 5, 1969
- BARRIE MYRON NEWTONLance Corporal · May 5, 1969
- HENRY CHARLES RAMSEYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEROY JAMES GENTRYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 5
- ARTHUR T MALLINCKRODT JRSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 7
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.