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MAURICE THOMAS NOEL
Private · U.S. Army
September 15, 1948 – March 29, 1968
Service recordMaurice Thomas Noel, of Woodside, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Woodside, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi 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 47E, Line 4
- DAVID LEE HINZCorporal · March 29, 1968
- GEORGE ADAM OWENSPrivate First Class · March 29, 1968
- MARVIN EUGENE PENRYSergeant · March 29, 1968
- HAROLD EUGENE PENSONPrivate First Class · March 29, 1968
From Woodside
- THOMAS JOSEPH HANLEYPrivate First Class · November 1, 1964
- RAYMOND CELESTEMajor · November 22, 1965
- GEORGE ANTHONY CANNATA JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- FRANK DEMARCHI JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- FERNANDO LUIS TORRES JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES CRABB MCINTOSHLieutenant Colonel · December 21, 1966
- BERNARD ANTHONY FREYNELance Corporal · March 10, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH OWENSCorporal · April 21, 1967
- FELIX F SOTOLance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD VICICHPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
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.