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MAURICE CLAUDE DESCOTEAUX
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 9, 1930 – August 19, 1967
Service recordMaurice Claude Descoteaux, of Berlin, New Hampshire, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 15
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Born
- February 9, 1930
- Home of record
- Berlin, New Hampshire (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 15
- MARTIN WEIGNER ANDERSENMajor · August 19, 1967
- JAMES WALTER CLEMENTSPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- ROBERT EARL CLOWECorporal · August 19, 1967
- TONY WAYNE COLLIERSpecialist Four · August 19, 1967
From Berlin
- TERRENCE COLIN SULLIVANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- RICHARD ARTHUR DEMERSCorporal · October 16, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN ALBERTSergeant · November 21, 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.