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PATRICIO MALDONADO JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 11, 1943 – February 28, 1968
Service recordPatricio Maldonado JR, of Falfurrias, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Falfurrias, Texas (Brooks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Tuong Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 69
- EDWIN GEORGE MEIXNERMajor · February 28, 1968
- JAMES HERBERT MIKELS JRSergeant · February 28, 1968
- JERRY EUGENE MILLERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- JAY WEBSTER STULLCaptain · February 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK TISNERO ALDAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 58
- ARCHIE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 58
- KLAUS DIETER EGOLFSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 60
- DENNIS PATRICK CLANCYPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 61
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 65
- WARREN GUTHRIE HARDING JRSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 65
- ROBERT WILSON HOWDENCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 67
- ROBERT WILLIAM HUNTSergeant First Class · Panel 41E, Line 67
- JERRY DAY LEAKPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 68
- JAMES SCUITIERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 72
- WALTER CHARLES SHELLITOSergeant First Class · Panel 41E, Line 73
From Falfurrias
- OSCAR GARCIAStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1966
- VITALIO VELA JRSergeant · February 14, 1968
- DOMINGO RODRIGUEZ JRPrivate · March 6, 1968
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.