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PAUL IVAN MAHER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 6, 1945 – March 5, 1966
Service recordPaul Ivan Maher, of Hauppauge, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 120
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Hauppauge, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 120
- CECIL WAYNE BURTONLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOSE ENRIQUE LAGUERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- HENRY DEAN LANKFORDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- TOMMY ROGER MILLERHospitalman · March 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHESTER LAVERN OBRIEN JRLance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 122
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.