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MAURY WILLIAM HEARNE
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
August 29, 1947 – October 30, 1969
Service recordMaury William Hearne, of Norwalk, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 5
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1969; six of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 5
- CONRAD JACK WHEELERWarrant Officer 1 · October 29, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD HERINSpecialist Four · October 30, 1969
- PERRY BERNARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
- ROGER JOSEPH KOPKEStaff Sergeant · October 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NOLAN EUGENE BLACKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 3
- CLYDE LEE ROY CANADASergeant · Panel 16W, Line 3
- DOUGLAS HUGH LOTT JRSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 6
- JAMES NED WOOLLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 7
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 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.