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MELVIN CALVIN MAULDIN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 19, 1948 – October 12, 1968
Service recordMelvin Calvin Mauldin JR, of Williamston, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Williamston, South Carolina (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 53
- HENRY JOSEPH KUYKENDALLPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- JUAN JOSE MARTINEZSergeant · October 12, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD METZLERPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- DAVID ALOYSIUS PIETRASZAKLance Corporal · October 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY WEBBCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 55
From Williamston
- JOHNNY JACOB CURETON JRSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
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.