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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Milo George Maahs.

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MILO GEORGE MAAHS

Captain · U.S. Air Force

May 6, 1937 – January 21, 1969

Service record

Milo George Maahs, of Nashua, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 21, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 34W · Line 51

Position of Panel 34W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
May 6, 1937
Home of record
Nashua, Minnesota (Wilkin County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 21, 1969
Age
31
Province
Bien Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 34W, Line 51

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.