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PAUL EDWARD MAPLES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 22, 1949 – April 6, 1969
Service recordPaul Edward Maples, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 26
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 26
- GEORGE WATSON MCDONOUGHSpecialist Four · April 6, 1969
- LARRY DEAN MILLINGSpecialist Four · April 6, 1969
- JOSEPH NESBITTSpecialist Five · April 6, 1969
- CHARLES OTIS OLIVERPrivate · April 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ROGER WIGGINSSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 27
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 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.