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MAURICE LEO SIROIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 7, 1937 – February 29, 1968
Service recordMaurice Leo Sirois, of Winter Haven, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 29, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 9
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1937
- Home of record
- Winter Haven, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 29, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 29, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương 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 42E, Line 9
- RICHARD ALAN RANDOLPHPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- LUIA RODGERSPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOE STELO RODRIGUEZStaff Sergeant · February 29, 1968
- RONNIE DEAN SCHULTZSpecialist Five · February 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RORY A COVINGTONSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 3
- JOHN DAVID LOCKW DUFFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 4
- HARRY IVAN FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 5
- JEFFERY GURVITZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42E, Line 8
- RICHARD ALAN RANDOLPHPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 9
- KENNETH RAY STEPHENSONSpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 10
- LARRY JOHN WALTERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 11
From Winter Haven
- GERALD EVERETT OLSONMajor · March 13, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH STEWARTColonel · March 15, 1966
- RICHARD E HOOD JRFirst Lieutenant · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM FORMAN ABERNETHYCaptain · July 21, 1967
- JACKIE LEE MELTONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- BILLIE RAY MCCALLSergeant · February 22, 1968
- EDWARD ULYSES MASTERSPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY OCONNORLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- HERBERT MARSHALL ALLENSergeant · June 19, 1968
- JOHN HULSEY HAYSCaptain · November 8, 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.