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MAURICE GENE WIDICK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 5, 1946 – September 15, 1967
Service recordMaurice Gene Widick, of Moorefield, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 77
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Moorefield, Nebraska (Frontier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 77
- FRANKLIN DAVID WILLETTPrivate First Class · September 15, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE ANDRUSPetty Officer Third Class · September 16, 1967
- WILLIAM BELLCorporal · September 16, 1967
- JERRY CLAUD BENNETTFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM TEMEN CHERRY JRSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 74
- RICHARD E GLAESMANSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 74
- GAREY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 75
- LOWELL DEAN HOLDENStaff Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 75
- ALFONSO ALFRED MONTERROSOSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 76
- RONALD EUGENE SHOWMAKERSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 76
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.