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MIKE A MAKSIN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1930 – January 5, 1968
Service recordMike A Maksin, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 51
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 30, 1930
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 51
- JOSEPH LUCAS JRSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- RAYMOND DENNIS MCGLOTHINPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- BRUCE JAMES MORANPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- BOBBIE JOE MOUNTSPrivate · January 5, 1968
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
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.