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MICHAEL ROBERT MAIDENS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 10, 1948 – May 27, 1970
Service recordMichael Robert Maidens, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1970; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 109
- JOHN LEWIS HARLEYCorporal · May 27, 1970
- GEORGE RICHARD KELLERCaptain · May 27, 1970
- GLENN HUNG NIN LEECaptain · May 27, 1970
- EDWARD ARTHUR MATHESSpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD ALLEN BAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 107
- JOSEPH WILLIAM CRARYPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 108
- WAYNE LEROY YINGER JRCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 111
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.