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MAURICE JOHN BIEHN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 6, 1946 – October 9, 1967
Service recordMaurice John Biehn, of Gregory, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 9, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 79
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- November 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Gregory, Michigan (Livingston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 79
- DOUGLAS EDWARD ATWOODPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH BLOTZERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRAYSecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- THOMAS URBAN WAYPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
From Gregory
- ROBERT VINCENT SIMONSStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1968
- JOHN MARTIN DONOHUEPrivate First Class · September 16, 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.